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1. Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: Bill Gilroy <w.gilroy@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:49:11 -0400; This might be a bit off topic but, I am trying to reduce the under the hood temperature in my MG. I have several things I want to try but I would really like to cook up a way to measure the under the; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00010.html (8,399 bytes)
2. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 20:55:56 -0700; Radio Shack sells a remote-sensing digital thermometer ("Indoor/Outdoor") for about $15 that should work for the front bumper. But I think it only reads to 150F or so. For the underhood measurement,; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00011.html (8,597 bytes)
3. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: mporter@zianet.com; Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 04:05:46 GMT; In the absence of finding a gauge with a switchable input, try looking around for some stuff called Tempilstick. In one form, it's like thick crayon, and I think is also available in paint form. It c; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00012.html (9,131 bytes)
4. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@Prodigy.Net>; Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:08:56 -0600; For 10 bucks you can get a indoor outdoor digital thermometer that will have a remote probe at the end of a long wire. You don't need to read temps up to 350'F. If your under hood temps get that high; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00013.html (8,884 bytes)
5. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: yd3@nvc.net; Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 00:48:31 -0600; I can't imagine why you'd need any gauge that went over 250F. So my suggestions are: For the air temp on the bumper buy an electrically operated indoor outdoor temperature gauge. I think they're aro; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00014.html (8,573 bytes)
6. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: Bill Gilroy <w.gilroy@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 06:00:30 -0400; Hello Bill, Just to answer some general questions, the reason I want to do this is that I am having problems with vapor lock due to high heat under the hood. What I plan to do is remove the stock exh; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00015.html (8,870 bytes)
7. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: JNiolon@uss.com; Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 06:28:03 -0500; not to throw a damper on your experiment...it sounds interesting... but why not just insulate the fuel line with some foil backed foam insulation tape.... cured my problem in a minute John like old; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00016.html (8,521 bytes)
8. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:30:06 -0400; A Radio Shack thermocouple, costing about $3 will do what you want. Connect it to your digital mutlimeter and read the results. If I had a magic wand I would like a temperature gauge that has the ran; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00018.html (9,022 bytes)
9. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@Prodigy.Net>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 06:41:06 -0600; If you want the header go for it. However generally a header adds nothing to performance, it does however weigh less. Headers do have a 'cool' factor but may not solve the problem. In the many years; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00019.html (10,051 bytes)
10. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: JNiolon@uss.com; Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:05:42 -0500; Hey Larry, I've never heard of the diesel fuel thing before... 'splain that to me please ?? and only a cup full ?? always learning something...john like old Ford trucks ?? check out my site at http:/; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00020.html (8,906 bytes)
11. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: Mike Sloane <msloane@att.net>; Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:41:00 -0400; I am not sure I would put the diesel fuel in my gas, but a few ounces of Marvel Mystery Oil probably would not hurt. Depending in which part of the country your car is operated, the new gasoline form; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00021.html (11,056 bytes)
12. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@Prodigy.Net>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 07:44:13 -0600; Diesel fuel has a more 'oily' base and has no volatile additive like the MTBE or alcohol in gasoline. So it requires a higher temperature to vaporize. The 'formula' that seems to work is about 8 oz p; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00022.html (10,421 bytes)
13. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 07:32:26 -0700; You might want to check out http://www.faqs.org/faqs/autos/gasoline-faq/part1/index.html for a little "light" reading on the characteristics of modern gasoline. Note section 4.10.2 says that vapor l; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00023.html (9,802 bytes)
14. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: dms@scheidt.chem.nd.edu; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 11:28:25 -0500 (EST); Another solution is to add a fuel return line. The pump can pump more than fuel than the engine can use, so use the excess capacity to replaace hot fuel from under the hood with cooler gas from the t; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00024.html (9,569 bytes)
15. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: "Keith Kaplan" <keithka@microsoft.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:20:38 -0700; ...and I nearly revealed my youth and lack of knowledge of old English cars by asking "what's a knock-off hub hammer?" So why didn't knock off nuts have flats for a wrench to go on them? Is the air w; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00025.html (9,665 bytes)
16. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:26:09 -0700 (PDT); Because a suitably long wrench wouldn't fit in the boot of a British sports car. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00026.html (8,956 bytes)
17. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 16:56:28 -0400; My '72 Elan was originally equipped with post '68 "Nader Nuts" for the knock-on wheels - large (about 2 1/2 inch) hex nuts for the knock on wheels. There were two versions of tools to use on the nuts; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00027.html (10,550 bytes)
18. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 14:42:56 -0700; I wouldn't bet on it ! Besides, race tracks in the 50's were not equipped with compressed air ! Randall /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00028.html (9,238 bytes)
19. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: Mike Sloane <msloane@att.net>; Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 18:00:49 -0400; The early (up until the mid '60s) wire wheels on "foreign" (British) sports cars had a single large nut holding the wheels on to the axles. The ones on one side of the car turned one way, and the oth; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00029.html (11,528 bytes)
20. RE: Under the hood temperature (score: 1): Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:44:52 -0700; Might possibly have been the death of Isadora Duncan, whose scarf tangled in the knockoffs on her Bugatti, dragging her out of the car and breaking her neck ... of course that was back in 1927 but N; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00030.html (10,108 bytes)

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