Hello Listers,
I hoping someone can point me in the right direction on this one. It's
freezing (well atually just above freezing) here in Ireland at the moment. I
don't intentionally drive the car when it's raining. The last couple of times
the car temperature guage would steadily climb up to near max then drop down to
the middle or two-thirds. I thought this was because the thermostat was taking
longer to open or getting a bit stuck. However the last time I drove the car
(it's a Spitfire Mk3) was were in stop start traffic and the temp went up to
the max and stayed there. I eventually pulled over just as the oil warning
lamp came on. We sat for ten minutes but had no real change when I started it
up. I got out and checked everything, fan spinning nicely, overflow bottle
full... That's when I decided to pour the contents of the overflow bottle into
the radiator. She ran fine all the way home, although the oil lamp would come
on at Idle.
I thought that the thermostat was the culprit, but guess what, the DPO had
removed it. I ran the car with the radiator cap removed and cheked for flow,
it seemed fine. I checked the radiator for leaks, but there seems to be only a
small loss. I'm just not sure where to go from here. I took the radiator out
and flushed it, a little bit of rust but pretty solid still. I put the hose
down the thormostat housing to flush the engine, and that eventually ran clear.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Phil Ryan
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