Only advice I can offer is to check the timing. I forget if it is too
advanced or too retarded that causes excess heat. I think too
advanced, but unsure. Also what oil is he running? I find that mobil1
at 10-50 tends to have low oil pressure at high temp. it still lubes,
but the gauge shows low.
BTW did ya cry when ya dropped off PIECES??
Larry
On May 17, 2006, at 10:12 PM, Frank Clarici wrote:
> Not my Sprite but my Son's Mini (1275)
> He really wants to drive it to Carlisle, we even made up a
> windshield wiper system for it over the weekend. (from Sprite parts
> of course)
> Anyway, he just picked me up from dropping of PIECES to it's new
> owner and on the ride home I noticed his oil presure was at 10 (at
> speed)
> and his water temp was pinned at H.
> He said it always run at these numbers.
> We swapped gauges, flushed the rad and block, retarded the timing,
> changed the oil, shielded the air flow direction, made sure the
> water pump (new) was working, made sure the fan was blowing the
> correct way.
> No difference.
> The engine has new bearings and oil pump, less than 1000 miles.
> Block was tanked, brand new radiator, t/stat is working and we
> drilled holes in it to see if it helps.
> I told him he just can't drive 3 hours at 70 + mph with 5 PSI oil
> pressure and a maxed out temperature.
> So he's bummed.
> Any ideas?
> Everything is in order, everything is new.
> Now you can stick your finger in the rad when it's hot.
> It's hot but it's not boiling nor is it scalding hot.
> I wouldn't want to stick my nose in it but I can hold my finger in
> the radiator for several seconds. The rad is cooling, the water is
> at the right temp. the paint on the head is blistering and that's
> where the temp sender is. It's a hot headed Mini.
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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