Robert
It's not at all unusual for Triumph engines to run hotter than others - even in
the same model spec.
I drove many of them when new-ish in temperatures you mention and some ran
hotter or cooler than
others.
This issue was a perennial problem in Coventry and many engineers wanted the
six cylinder unit
lengthened to delete the siamese between cylinders 3 and 4 and for larger
coolant galleries.
Engineering vetoed it many times on the grounds of cost, added weight and added
length. From memory,
this move would have made the block about 3 inches longer.
As Andy Mace suggested, check the actual temperature of the coolant when the
'stat opens. Other
reasons discovered long ago by thousands of service departments can be small
manufacturing variances
in the wiring inside the gauge or higher/lower resistances in the voltage
stabiliser. I've known
cars give a different (lower) reading by simply swapping gauges and/or
stabilisers and doing nothing
else. Sad fact is the temperature gauge itself never was of the highest quality
and that's why I
prefer instruments with capillary tubes and specific readings on the dial face.
Even then, those are
mass-produced as well, so cannot be depended on to give the degree of accuracy
many of us would
like. Of course, if you're really hot, you can always use the heater blower as
an additional cooling
medium :)
Jonmac
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Knapp" <robertgknapp@yahoo.ca>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:59 PM
Subject: [TR] 1971 TR6 Cooling
>I have done a complete body off restoration of my TR6 including engine rebuild
> radiator rebuild etc. Since completion I have driven the car about 600
> miles. On very hot days 85 to 90F (that is hot here in Toronto) idling in
> traffic the temperature guage gets to about the three quarter mark but has
> never boiled over also at highway speed during this hot weather the guage runs
> above the centre mark. I am considering my options which I think would be to
> instal an electric fan on the existing radiator (infront of or on the engine
> side of the radiator) or an aluminum radiator with or without an electric
> fan. I would really appreciate comments from the list regarding this issue.
> Thxs, Bob Knapp.
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