Eric,
Sounds like the thermostat stuck closed. Time for a new one, I'd guess.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, April 16, 2000 6:03 AM
Subject: Momentary hot running 'B
>Speaking of a hot running 'B...
>
>I recently changed the oil in my 'B (yes, I got the plug out of the sump
>with a VERY large wrench when it was up on a hoist - godzilla must have
>put it in last time) and changed the oil filter at the same time. I had
>to put in a new sump plug as I had rounded the old one pretty badly.
>
>Not long after the oil/filter change, I was driving along watching the
>temperature guage go up to its normal halfway point when, horror of
>horrors, it kept going very rapidly towards the red. I headed for the
>curb thinking something catastrophic had happened - or was about to
>happen - when just as suddenly the temperature fell back to 'normal'
>before I could come to a halt.
>
>This was five days ago and this has not happened again. I have driven
>over two hundred miles since then (because I had to play Steward at a
>country hillclimb) and all has been as normal since that time, in both
>city (stop/start) and country driving.
>
>Any thoughts on what might have happened?
>
>
>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
>
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