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Re: Hot weather overheating

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Subject: Re: Hot weather overheating
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 09:46:17 -0700
Is it actually boiling the coolant and overflowing, or just reading high on
the temperature gauge?

on 5/27/04 7:07 PM, H. W. "Sandy" McCullough at hwmccullough@earthlink.net
wrote:

> Hey gang,
> 
> Well now that the summer is here, my 72 "B" seems to have developed an
> aversion to hot weather driving (again).  I had thought that with a new
> radiator and thermostat the problem would have been cured, but alas it has
> not.  Here's the situation.  In any weather over 85 degrees farenheit, the
> engine overheats.  In the cool of the evening it runs fine.  I have replaced
> (as mentioned above) the radiator, thermostat, flushed the enginge, replaced
> the coolant, verified that there is good circulation and that the water pump
> is pumping.  I'm not sure what else to replace / repair.
> 
> As usual, thanks in advance for your suggestions.
> 
> H. W. "Sandy" McCullough
> 72 "B" (hot blooded)
> 68 "B" (being restored)
> 

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
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