I think I'll do a flush anyway, but I did notice this afternoon when I went
out that there was oil under the filter area (it was changed 1000 miles
ago). I checked, and seemed to be at minimum - which might explain the
high heat. I put in 3 qts, and it seemed to be cooler, but still higher
than I care for.
First will be to see if it's leaking around where the oil was changed,
after that I'll flush and do the stat like suggested. Good idea about
testing the thermostat that way...
Thanks
At 06:53 PM 4/16/00 -0400, Gonaj@aol.com wrote:
>I would suggest a comptete system flush plus take a hose with a medium
>pressure nozzel and wash the radiator fins. Do noot use a pressure washer as
>that would damage the cooling fins. Also remove the thermostat and heat it
>in a pot of water with a thermometer along side. You can watch at what temp
>it opens and determine if it is the culprit. It might be worth changing
>anyhow if it's really old you might replace it but do the test to learn of
>the operation of the current one for diagnostic purposes.
>My .02 FWIW
>
>George
>'76 MGB driver
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