A friend of mines car had this problem, and it turned out the impeller
blades on the water pump had corroded away. at low Rpm's and low load, it
could circulate enough coolant, but at higher RPMs and load, it would heat
up.
David Riker
63 Falcon
70 Torino
74 Midget
http://home.pacbell.net/davriker/
----- Original Message -----
From "David Cull" <davidcull at hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 5:43 AM
Subject: Temperature Increase at Speed
> Help needed again,
>
> A great day for a drive on Sunday, about 78F and no humidity or clouds.
> This was my longest excursion so far after getting my 65 Midget on the
road
> last week.
> After travelling for about 15 minutes at 50mph the temp went up to 220F
and
> stayed there. When I slowed down to travel through a small town, the temp
> dropped to 190F, then returned to 220F once I speeded up again. This is
the
> opposite to what should be happening. I changed the Thermostat to a 160
> prior to driving it this weekend, everything seems to be working okay.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
>
> 65 MKII
>
>
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