Well I ran the car today without a thermostat and ran into the same problem.
I guess it is time to start looking deeper into the engine as a problem.
Kurt
On 9/4/03 5:35 PM, "Thomas Wiencek" <wiencek@anl.gov> wrote:
> Please tell us what you find.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Kurt Eckert
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:08 AM
> To: Alpine folks
> Subject: Re: What temp should I expect
>
> Thanks for the info,
>
> It is a complete rebuild done by Bob "Herbeam" Willis and Smitty's of
> San
> Diego a few years ago. It has less then 150 miles on it after the
> rebuild.
> So effectively it is a new engine. I am going to pull out the thermostat
> and
> try running it without that to see if that might be causing the problem.
> If
> that is not it then I will check to see if I have any combustion gases
> in
> the water system. I really hope not. :(
>
> Kurt
>
> On 9/3/03 1:09 AM, "jumpinjan" <jservaites@woh.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Kurt Eckert wrote:
>>>
>>> I have been having a problem with my 3GT overheating and attributed
> it to
>>> the 40 year old radiator. Well I got my radiator back from being
> re-cored
>>> with a modern 3 core setup and I am still getting steam coming out
> from
>>> under the hood after a few minutes of driving. What sort of temp
> should I
>>> expect?
>>
>> If you get steam after a few minutes of driving, then it's not the
>> radiator. I have never seen any problems with the water pump
> overheating
>> the engine. I suspect some deeper problems like head gasket failure
>> and/or sediment build up in the block. How long has it been since the
>> last engine rebuild?
>> Jan
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