First ensure the gauge is correct! Get a cheap add-on unit to run
temporarily. Did you drain the cooling system AND the block? Refill with
the correct blend of coolant and water? If still trouble then have the
radiator rodded out or recored.
Peter S
----- Original Message -----
From: Bowley, Glenn (GC CT) <glenn.bowley@gerbercoburn.com>
To: 'Spitfire mail list' <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 4:48 AM
Subject: HOT Spit/fuel mixture question.
>
> Hi all-
> I hate to start this thread again but my car always seems to run hot (1/2
to
> just over 3/4 on the gauge), although we have been having 90+ weather out
> here in Connecticut.
> All the obvious things are taken care of radiator, thermostat, timing,
etc.,
> the only thing I'm not sure of is the mixture on the carb. According to
our
> states emission readings I'm well within the "legal" limits. The car gets
> hotter when I'm on the accelerator for a long period (3/4 on the gauge),
as
> in climbing a hill, but when I coast down the other side it cools off
(back
> to about 1/2). I don't think a properly operating cooling system should
> react this way.
> My thought is that maybe I'm a little lean on the mixture, does anyone
think
> that a richer mixture would help in this situation? How about bypassing
the
> water path through the manifold? Anyone ever diagnosed a "worn" water
pump?
> Maybe It's just time to buy and install that 21" core radiator.
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks in advance!
> Glenn Bowley
> '75 Spit (HOT)
>
|