At 02:53 PM 7/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>From my manuals, the TR3 cooling system is about 4 gals in capacity. My
>questions are:
>
>1. What is the capacity of the radiator?
Doug:
Capacity of the cooling system (from empty) is 8.2 quarts (if a heater is
fitted) or a little more than 2 gallons. It sounds like you've got about as
much fluid in the system as will fit!
I experienced all kinds of overheating when the engine in my TR3 was
professionally rebuilt years ago. I tried everything to fix it -
thermostats (even found a skirted one), rad rebuilds, the Arizona fix -
nothing made any difference. Finally the rad was re-cored with more rows
than original - suddenly no more over-heating. As an aside, two different
rads had been "re-done" by another shop during the problem period - they
essentially boiled them out saying "you can't re-core a rad that has a
crank hole". A mechanic friend
much later explained this was just not so - the guys were just lazy!
Of course, your results may vary!
Later, ...
Brian
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