On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Anthony Rhodes <spamiam@comcast.net> wrote:
> However, as has been said, originally the cooling system was good enough to
> keep the engine cool in all situations. (Possibly not completely true!!).
> So, if the cooling ability is no longer good enough, then the problem is not
> the properly functioning standard thermostat. It is that the block can't
> heat the coolant properly, or that the radiator can't cool the fluid properly.
For what it's worth, I have a 1975 TR6 with stock cooling and a
slightly higher compression engine. I can drive around town in
August, in traffic, in Georgia, and the gauge doesn't rise much higher
than halfway.
(Excuse me a moment while I knock wood...ok, I'm back)
If I had cooling problems on an otherwise stock engine, I'd begin by
connecting a garden hose up to the various cooling openings and seeing
what washes out.
Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.
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