- 1. [TR] How hot is too hot? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Simo <ccsimonsen@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:23:33 -0400
- We made it to the Shenandoah Car Club British car show today. Not as smoothly as I'd like but we made it. Temperature ran in the 195 to 200 range the entire way. But that's not how it ran 3 days ago.
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- 2. Re: [TR] How hot is too hot? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 05:47:58 -0700
- FWIW I had the exact same problem. I've dealt with this shop for many years, and rarely had a complaint, but they sure got me this time. They twice pronounced the radiator "fine". On the third round
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- 3. Re: [TR] How hot is too hot? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:09:45 -0400 (EDT)
- First and foremost, can you trust your temperture gauge? Have you checked it against a known standard? If you can borrow a thermocouple gauge place the thermocouple on the thermostat housing and see
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- 4. Re: [TR] How hot is too hot? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Van Vlack" <jerryvv@roadrunner.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:15:18 -0400
- Another thing that can get overlooked is the deterioration of the bond between the fins and the tubes themselves. Without a good bond there the heat transfer can not happen efficiently. It's hard to
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- 5. Re: [TR] How hot is too hot? (score: 1)
- Author: "Wbeech" <wbeech@flash.net>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 09:30:25 -0500
- If you vacuum advance is leaking air that can lean out your mixture and cause a hotter engine. Pull a spark plug and check the color. Did your radiator guy actually check the flow of the radiator or
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