Re: hot spit engine and transmitter location

[Geo Hahn <geohahn@azstarnet.com>]

Tom Ambrose wrote:

> My 'almost' new 1500 engine appears to be running very hot.... all I can think
> of: restrictive exhaust, sitting too long, wrong or evil thermostat, missing
> heater, and hot header.

Simplest to eliminate/diagnose would be the thermostat so that's where I'd
start... feeling the lower radiator hose which will stay coolish/warm until the
t-stat opens, then get hot pretty quickly.  If, when the engine gets hot, the
lower hose isn't nearly as hot as the upper hose then the t-stat hasn't opened.

Can't imagine that a missing heater would make any difference.

Geo Hahn
59 TR3A