Forgot to mention : Thanks !! to Duncan Hardy for posting the link on the
buick-rover-v8 list.
On Tuesday, July 27, 1999 1:35 PM, Randall Young [SMTP:ryoung@navcomtech.com]
wrote:
>
> Listers :
>
> For many years, I've been hearing the story that "you have to have a
> thermostat, or a restrictor, because otherwise the water flows through the
> radiator too fast and doesn't get cooled".
>
> For just as many years, it hasn't made sense to me. The faster the coolant
> circulates, the closer it keeps the radiator fin temperature to the engine
> temperature, which lets the radiator radiate more heat.
>
> At last, I've found an explanation that makes sense ! Check out
> http://www.stewartcomponents.com/techtip3.htm, especially the paragraph
> that starts "Years ago". It basically says the problem is that the extra
> flow through the radiator increases the pressure at the top of the
> radiator, which causes the (low pressure for our LBCs) radiator cap to blow
> coolant out the overflow, just like it was overheated !
>
> Randall
> 59 TR3A "daily driver wanna be"
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