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Re: [Spits] GT6 Radiator Caps

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Subject: Re: [Spits] GT6 Radiator Caps
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:05:53 -0500
At 02:54 PM 12/26/2008, you wrote:
>I installed an electric fan which goes
>on with the key AND a aftermarket gauge...the kind
>with the capillary tube.  It went up to around 205 or
>so.  Never boiled over, but when it was running hot
>you could tell at idle...it would start to stumble a
>bit.  I'm hoping the radiator shroud will help.  I
>guess if all else fails, I'll buy one of those fancy
>Aluminium radiators for 400(i think) bucks.

There are plenty of these cars that don't overheat with fully stock 
cooling systems, including mine.   And it gets just as hot in Georgia 
as it does in Ohio.  You can certainly buy a $400 radiator, but what 
if that doesn't solve the problem?

Overheating is caused by insufficient heat exchange, often caused by 
poor circulation or crusty water passages.  Before you throw fixes at 
the system, why not establish the cause of your problem?

(If you are operating an uprated engine, then ignore what I said above)


Jeff Scarbrough      75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
http://www.fishplate.org/vehicles/
Corrosion Acres, Georgia         #354 
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