Steve
With very few exceptions, Nothing on the Tiger is metric.
That's what made England, England. Use metrics like
the bloody French. I should say not.
On MK IA's and II, there is a small brass strip inside
the header tank that says 'Fill ro here or such.' I
don't know if MK I's had that.
100 % water will give the best cooling, but does not
protect and freezing, lubricate the water pump, protect
against galvanatic reaction between dissimilar metals
(Iron block, aluminum water pump, etc).
Most agree 50-50 mix is best. anything more actually
degrades the cooling. If you are going to run a 10-90
mixture, be sure and add water pump lubricant.
As I have said in other replies, the less silicon the
better. The silicates form an insoluble perpatricate
by reacting the minerals in the water + heat.
The Tiger's heating issues have never been with the
coolant. Its air flow or lack of it that's the problem.
Dave
In a message dated 8/28/2008 12:05:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
sralsten@ca.rr.com writes:
Thanks all for the help. My mistake so far...
I reported the fan as stock 4 blade. Apparently I don't count as well as I
once did It is 5 blade.
I'll start this weekend by making certain that what I do have in place is
working properly by flushing the radiator and perhaps replacing the
thermostat.
It's been a long long time since I did any of my own car work and I've never
done it on a Tiger.
I don't know what laser thermometers cost but I'll try to find or buy one.
First question, are Tigers metric ?
One suggestion I got was "flush and back flush" I don't understand back
flush ?
I do understand running water through from the radiator end with the heater
on.
The shop manual suggested one of "several" brands of radiator cleaners. Any
suggestions on a modern brand ?
I also see no indication of how full the overflow tank should be. Where do I
fill it
to ?
I've been told water is a better coolant than anitfreeze and since its only
been below 32 degrees here once in 20 years I'll probably go 90/10 mixture.
The car came from Oklahoma and may be running much more antifreeze.
If I still have doubts after this I'll start looking at mods in that TEAE
article.
Steve
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