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1. [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:32:40 -0400; Well, I almost have a problem in my 4A. Almost overheating. The car is 2 years out from restoration. It has been running very well, and nice and cool. I have an XK's Unlimited high-flow 165 degree th; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00290.html (8,713 bytes)
2. RE: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:45:23 -0700; Tony, my first thought is that your voltage stabilizer has failed. Assuming the coolant didn't look cruddy when you changed the thermostat, that is the path I would follow first. Does the gas gauge; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00292.html (7,736 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:30:22 -0400; Thanks to everybody for their help. Since I am on Digest, I did not see Randall's ideas yet. To answer the various ideas posed. 1) I just replaced the thermostat and got no improvement, so I do not t; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00296.html (9,000 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:53:54 -0400; Well, I could not open the stopcock on the radiator. I was afraid to take a pliers to it. I did open the block's stopcock. Nothing ran out. I heard a little air sucked in. I took a small spring small; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00298.html (8,793 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:12:33 EDT; I looked at the basin and saw the Day-Glo orange coolant looking reasonably clean and some black particulates at the bottom. They are magnetic, so I believe they are rust. The fact that no coolant im; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00300.html (8,566 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:24:32 -0400; Well, I think I am going to have to do something major. I just switched out the sender, and the new one reads the same. So, the Thermostat and sender were not the problem. So, I ran then engine more,; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00301.html (9,847 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Ed" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:42:49 -0500; IMHO.... <<I will remove the lower radiator hose and let it run out and then rinse it with a hose from the top and see what happens. I will then run the engine some and then let hot (not scalding) w; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00302.html (7,819 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:30:24 -0400; Are you sure the water pump is moving water? == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00304.html (8,696 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:05:53 -0400; Oh, man. I REALLY don't want to have to strip the engine. I can't afford a Tony: IMHO.... <<I will remove the lower radiator hose and let it run out and then rinse it with a hose from the top and see; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00307.html (8,150 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Chris Bohn" <cbohn@sidepipe.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:39:26 -0700; Had a similar problem with the '74 Volvo. It had always run nice and cool, then one day it started to run hot. It wasn't the temp gauge, sender, blockage, etc. Turned out to be a blown head gasket. T; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00311.html (8,465 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: BearTranserv@aol.com; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:56:38 EDT; Are you sure the water pump is moving water? Easy to check, crank it up and take a heater hose loose. The water should squirt quite nicely. As I remember the water pump is not too hard to remove and; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00312.html (9,190 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:56:47 EDT; << Oh, man. I REALLY don't want to have to strip the engine. I can't afford a rebuild! Before things get out of hand here. Use a known good temp gauge. Know any racers that have a tire temp pyrometer; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00313.html (10,679 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:40:23 -0400; Good suggestion. I did look carefully at the coolant in the radiator as I let the engine run for a while. I saw no bubbles at all. Leaking head gasket is low on my list as a result. -Tony -- Original; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00323.html (8,998 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:04:36 EDT; << You make good suggestions here. I will check into the stuff it will take me to pressurize the cylinders. Why does it need to be at TDC? Would not BDC work as well to test the head gasket integrity; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00325.html (9,108 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:52:05 -0400; Well, I fixed it. Since it was simple, I bet you all can guess what the answer was. So, here is a summary of the story. Engine had always run with the temp gauge at the "d" in "Made in UK", just unde; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00328.html (10,361 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:13:46 -0500; Do you always use distilled water in your coolant mix? Start now. Tap-water crud will actually dissolve again. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 S; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00331.html (8,288 bytes)
17. RE: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:40:00 -0700; There is an easy test for the VS, just connect a test lamp across either the temp sender or the fuel tank sender and turn the ignition on. If the VS is working, you can see the lamp flash on and off; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00336.html (8,555 bytes)
18. Re: [TR] oddly nearly overheating (score: 1): Author: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:35:41 -0400; Well, I use the word basin pretty often despite being a Yank. I work in the medical field, and I suspect that is where I get the habit of calling it that name. I differentiate between a basin and a; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00343.html (9,784 bytes)

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