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Hate to say it, but an overheating issue that happens suddenly like that
could be a blown head gasket. There are test kits for exhaust gasses in
the coolant, and you could start with a compression test.
These guys are pretty good:
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test
Bob
On 9/24/2018 8:19 PM, i erbs wrote:
> My car was running great...
> In june it was running hot on our trip to Victoria BC. It had been
> running around 185. On trip it started running up to 212 and then way
> hot after parking.
> The car has continued to behave this way all summer. I replaced the
> newish radiator cap topped up and went for a drive tonight. 64 degrees
> ambient temp.
> Drove for 30 miles and stopped to check. Temp went past 220 and water
> began to flow out the overflow tube and some squirted out of the hose
> fitting and water pooled around the bottom of the filler neck.
> So why would start doing this after running cool and fine for a year
> or so? I'm going to see if I can borrow a pump to check the radiator
> neck for poor cap fitting. I don't understand what would cause it to
> happen?
> Sorry, I have to mention that the thermostat opened at about 168
> degrees and water flowed through the system
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
> _______ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â _______
> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
> (_________________________)
> Â Â Â Â Â BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
>
> 1967 MGB MG
>
> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
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<p>Hate to say it, but an overheating issue that happens suddenly
like that could be a blown head gasket. There are test kits for
exhaust gasses in the coolant, and you could start with a
compression test.</p>
<p>These guys are pretty good:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test";>https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test</a><br>
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<p>Bob<br>
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<div dir="ltr">My car was running great...
<div>In june it was running hot on our trip to Victoria BC. It
had been running around 185. On trip it started running up to
212 and then way hot after parking.</div>
<div>The car has continued to behave this way all summer. I
replaced the newish radiator cap topped up and went for a
drive tonight. 64 degrees ambient temp.</div>
<div>Drove for 30 miles and stopped to check. Temp went past 220
and water began to flow out the overflow tube and some
squirted out of the hose fitting and water pooled around the
bottom of the filler neck.</div>
<div>So why would start doing this after running cool and fine
for a year or so? I'm going to see if I can borrow a pump to
check the radiator neck for poor cap fitting. I don't
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adjustments. Mario
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