Don't run a car without a thermostat, it will ruin it. The reason for this
is the heat capacity for water. It is more immune to temp fluctuations and
absorbtion than iron. Therefore, if you take the thermostat out, the water
flows through the block quickly, failing to absorb heat. It is then takne to
the rad where it loses heat. Your block is now operating at a higher
temperature than your guage is reading, while your water isn't cooling it
down as much as it should. Having personaly ruined a Tiger motor doing just
this, I am speaking from experieince. Most Alpine heating problems are due
to a clogged block. Pull the freeze plugs, and use some acid to disolve it,
use a coat hanger or other probe, and flush it out.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Eckert" <kurt@kurteckert.com>
To: "Alpine folks" <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: What temp should I expect
> Well I ran the car today without a thermostat and ran into the same
problem.
> I guess it is time to start looking deeper into the engine as a problem.
>
> Kurt
>
> On 9/4/03 5:35 PM, "Thomas Wiencek" <wiencek@anl.gov> wrote:
>
> > Please tell us what you find.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Kurt Eckert
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:08 AM
> > To: Alpine folks
> > Subject: Re: What temp should I expect
> >
> > Thanks for the info,
> >
> > It is a complete rebuild done by Bob "Herbeam" Willis and Smitty's of
> > San
> > Diego a few years ago. It has less then 150 miles on it after the
> > rebuild.
> > So effectively it is a new engine. I am going to pull out the thermostat
> > and
> > try running it without that to see if that might be causing the problem.
> > If
> > that is not it then I will check to see if I have any combustion gases
> > in
> > the water system. I really hope not. :(
> >
> > Kurt
> >
> > On 9/3/03 1:09 AM, "jumpinjan" <jservaites@woh.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Kurt Eckert wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I have been having a problem with my 3GT overheating and attributed
> > it to
> >>> the 40 year old radiator. Well I got my radiator back from being
> > re-cored
> >>> with a modern 3 core setup and I am still getting steam coming out
> > from
> >>> under the hood after a few minutes of driving. What sort of temp
> > should I
> >>> expect?
> >>
> >> If you get steam after a few minutes of driving, then it's not the
> >> radiator. I have never seen any problems with the water pump
> > overheating
> >> the engine. I suspect some deeper problems like head gasket failure
> >> and/or sediment build up in the block. How long has it been since the
> >> last engine rebuild?
> >> Jan
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