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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