>>Remember though the way it works, the water heats in the engin, and goes
out the top into the radiator where it cools and goes to the bottom, you
take the cool water from the bottom, an that goes into the engin and so
on. The pump just assists that flow, over coming friction, and
enebleing you to have the lucturies such as a heater, a thermostat to
keep the engin at the correct temperature, and a cooled inlet manifold.
The cooling would happen even if there was not a pump.<<
The Ford Model T employs this "thermo-syphon" system, but it works
poorly. About the first accessory added is an external pump.
(Second is an external oil source for no. 1 main bearing.)
scott s.
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