I can't answer that question, but I can tell you this. If you still
drive your MG in the winter, you need to double check the anti-freeze
concentration - which I found out today. Mine didn't freeze, because I
do have anti-freeze in there, but I didn't have enough, and we just got
some really cold weather. Slush doesn't flow - I can tell you that.
Symptoms of slush are similar to overheating due to lack of coolant - no
heat from the heater, temp gauge reads high. Today's repair - wait a
few minutes for some more to melt. Place folded up tonneau cover in
front of radiator to reduce it's cooling efficiency. Worked, made it
home. Low tonight -7. Guess I'll fix that mixture real quickly now.
Phil Bates
Barrie Robinson wrote:
>Some while back there was some discussion related to the flow rate of water
>through the radiator. Some opinions were that if water was passed through
>the radiator at a hefty flow it would reduce the cooling capability - thus
>not a good idea. My theory is that such a premise does not (and forgive
>the pun) hold water. Perhaps the reduced cooling was due to water pump
>cavitation and not because of the flow rate. If someone would point me
>towards any authoritive dissertations I would be most grateful and thank
>you in advance for any responses.
>
>Regards
>
>Barrie Robinson
>
>MGB GT V8
>Aston Martin DB 2/4 MkII
>Canada
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