Dear Paul,
I'm glad to hear that I was ok as long as there was no boil-over! Whew!
I've advanced my timing to about 20 degrees and the car runs cooler now
too.
"Never Ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
John J. Peloquin
Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
On Wed, 20 May 1998, Paul Hunt wrote:
> john peloquin wrote:
> >
> > Dear Paul and others with "hot" cars:
> >
> > I ran over to Palm Springs CA the other day with my '70 MGB-GT during a
> > "hot" ~38 C day there. My temp gauge also hovered about 3/4 of the way
> > while I was on the freeway. This worried me until I saw Carl's post about
> > his car which was not damaged by that heat level.
> >
> > Does anyone know what temp level on the gauge is considered dangerous?
> > BTW, my oil pressure dropped a bit to 55 or so from it's normal 65-70 lbs
> > when the temp was up.
>
> That *is* hot for running. Last year the V8 sat in very slow moving traffic
>on the
> hottest day of the year here (not 38, but 30+) with the fan on override and
>the
> needle in the red, but still gradually came down to just over N when I got
>rolling
> again. It didn't boil, which rather surprised me, but was starting to suffer
>fuel
> vapourisation - I had to hold the throttle open a little to stop it from
>stalling as
> well as keep the oil pressure up a little. Personally, I think if it doesn't
>boil
> you're OK.
>
> PaulH.
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