A higher pressure should make the car run cooler, not hotter. The Roadster
uses 7 lb. pressure caps.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <Chris.Brucciani@ercgroup.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: Overheating Problems
> Dave Stoll wrote - "Could some of the "spiking temps" have come from a
weak
> pressure cap
> which could not always hold pressure which would keep the temp down?"
>
> One thing I notice on my car is that on the overflow the pressure cap is
> rated at 13lbs. I remember something about the proper pressure being in
the
> 5lb. neighborhood. Could this be a contributing factor to my highway
> overheating? Drove it in to work this am - temp. gauge reading right down
> the middle. BTW - visual inspection of my radiator core does not reveal
any
> corrosion and I have the factory air deflector under the car. Weird.
>
> Marietta, GA
> 1968 2000
> 1973 240Z
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