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1. Re: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: Timothy Holbrook <tjh173@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:08:21 -0800 (PST); A quick addition here. I forgot about vacuum retard (I don't have it, nor the advance, hooked up on my car). If you use the vacuum retard (it's not really necessary anymore in most places since our c; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00031.html (6,627 bytes)
2. overheating issue (score: 1): Author: Jim Jones <jimjcmo@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 07:33:43 -0800 (PST); My 72 '6 has dual SU's and headers. It runs VERY well, except that it tends to overheat when idling in traffic. (Imagine that - a British car that overheats!) It has an electric cooling fan with an o; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00343.html (8,640 bytes)
3. Re: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: Acekraut11@aol.com; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:14:12 -0500; Before getting to heavily into modifications to solve your problem I would recomend a few simple steps first. Take a trip to your favorite discount store (Wal-Mart, etc.) and purchase a baking or me; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00347.html (8,310 bytes)
4. Re: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: Timothy Holbrook <tjh173@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:26:20 -0800 (PST); I struggled with an overheating issue for quite a long time. The radiator was my first stop, I had it flushed out and the rad shop said they got some slop out of it and that it should be fine. The c; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00348.html (9,814 bytes)
5. Re: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: Jim Jones <jimjcmo@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:26:36 -0800 (PST); Aaron: Thanks for the thermomter tip. I'll try that first. I do have a thermoswitch on the fan, and now that I think about it, it does not ALWAYS come on when the temp guage reads hot. The voltage st; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00349.html (8,760 bytes)
6. Re: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: "Kai M. Radicke" <kai@radiohead.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:53:28 -0500; that Start with the easiest item first... what thermostat is installed on your car? If it is a 195degF stat or higher unit, you should probably swap to a lower temperature unit. Electric fans do not; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00351.html (8,338 bytes)
7. RE: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:08:53 -0800; You don't say in your note what you have already tried to fix the problem. Have you replaced the thermostat? Have you drained and flushed the radiator, replacing the coolant with a fresh 50-50 mix o; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00354.html (9,179 bytes)
8. RE: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: Jim Jones <jimjcmo@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:56:08 -0800 (PST); The easy stuff, short of testing the temp of the coolant to see whether the temp gauge is giving false readings, has mostly been done. Shroud intact, new 180 degree thermostat, new radiator cap, no; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00359.html (9,809 bytes)
9. Re: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:02:22 -0500; I thought there was a thread some time back about the distributor retard causing overheating at idle. Even when new, my TR250 would always overheat at idle in traffic, and taking it off idle cooled i; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00360.html (11,002 bytes)
10. Re: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: Mitchel Seff <ms6453@optonline.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:49:55 -0500; Hey Jim, I have a similar problem in the warmer months. I have a 14"electric pusher fan mounted in front of the radiator which solves the problem in stopped traffic. One thing you have to realize is; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00361.html (8,284 bytes)
11. RE: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:31:05 -0800 (PST); Jim--The suggestions previously offered are good ones. Don brought up the vacuum retard, which is another cause of engines running warmer at idle. Some mid-run models had the thermostatic switch in t; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00364.html (8,786 bytes)
12. Re: overheating issue (score: 1): Author: DANMAS@aol.com; Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:29:03 EST; I had this same problem for a long time after I bought my TR6. I tried everything - EVERYTHING - that every one else has mentioned on this list, with absolutely no relief. Whatever I did, the car ov; /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00367.html (8,804 bytes)

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