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Re: MGB Radiator Overflow

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MGB Radiator Overflow
From: "Andrew C. Green" <dlogics!hermes.dlogics.com!acg@uu.psi.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 09:25:35 CDT
Michael P. Walsh (mike@rtp-nc.mentorg.com) writes:
> My '67 MGB tends to expell water out of the Radiator overflow
> after the car has been running for a while on a warm day when
> I turn the car off.  Why is this?

If this happens _after_ you switch off, I'd say perhaps your coolant
is boiling in the block. Have you checked the strength of the coolant
recently? How about a pressure test of the system? A weak reading on
either can allow steam pockets, etc., to form and to push coolant out
wherever it can go.

-- Andy


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