A quick followup....I just checked and had a new water pump installed two
years ago. Can't imagine it gone bad. Do I have a serious problem folks?
Thanks-
Pouya
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 04:57:42 HighwayStar writes:
>Irv, Bud, Frank, Roger and Folks of theTriumph world :
>
>Ok, I asked this question before and got many responses. My car was
>running hot after the engine was rebuilt, guage read very close to the
>red mark. The three popular fixes offered from the list was:
>
>1-Thermostat
>2-Timing
>3-Radiator
>
>Here's what I've done:
>
>Timing is perfect, just had the carbs tuned. Car still running hot.
>Then took car to Radiator man, he looked at the coolant (recently
>changed, and said it looks mucky) and he put a guage in the radiator
>and the car is running hot, so the car guage is correct. He then
>checked the radiator for plugs with his special tool. He said I'm 99%
>sure your radiator isn't plugged. I said ok, how about the thermostat?
>He says, maybe. So he installed a Thermostat, the guy who rebuilt my
>engine didn't put one in it...do you believe it!!!!...it's true. Car
>runs cooler, but not much after fifteen minutes of idle, it reads at
>60% and goes up to 80% of the car guage.
>
>Here are my other options: New water pump, which I'm planning to
>change tomorrow. Then tackle the radiator
>
>I need some advise, before I get too deep again, and I have a very
>frieghtening question:
>
> What could have the engine rebuilt guy had done if none of the fixes
>above solves the problem? That is, is it possible a gasket is
>misinstalled? What hole could be plugged during a re-built that would
>contribute to this? Does the engine have to be pulled apart for any
>of this? Oh man, I'm really worried now.
>
>Thanks very much in advance-
>Pouya
>
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