> Is there any chance (due to blockage) that the coolant could be cycling
> through the head and rest of the system just find but bypassing the block?
Of course. There are multiple places where water passes from the block into
the head, so if the back of the block is clogged up, the water just runs
through the front. (It does start in the block and run through the head and
out through the thermostat, not the other way around, on a stock TR6.)
> I now also know my temp sender/gauge is screwed: with cool water passing
> through the system, the sender/gauge was reading 90 deg. Celsius. The
> sender is at the thermostat and this doesn't seem right to me.
Does seem unlikely, although some gauges have a pin at 90C and don't read
any lower.
> Another factoid: my modified cooling system seems to only take 4 liters
> of water. A little less than 2 liters sit in the rad itself. Would another
> 2 liters fill the block, heater, manifold and hoses?
Doesn't seem likely to me. But I don't know for certain.
Randall
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