[6pack] [Fot] Hot Running 6

[Glenn Franco]

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Thanks for all the input on the warm running engine and backfires.
I jacked up the front of the car with the thermostat housing off and 
filled up the head with coolant.
I also, as Kas suggested drilled out the thermostat housing and tapped 
it for a small pipe plug. It does the trick.
Coolant temp now is steady at 9/16 to 5/8ths on the gauge regardless of 
how long it idles.
Set the timing at 12 deg BTDC
Thanks again!
Glenn
Too Many TR's they keep multiplying.

On 6/18/2011 6:15 PM, Glenn Franco wrote:
> Hi
> I just finished rebuilding a club members 74 TR6 that I had bored .060"
> over due to cylinder wall damage.
> The owner had the radiator cleaned out, provided a new water pump,
> thermostat, temp sending unit and so on.
> The car has a set of DGV Webers (downdraft) on it.
> There are a couple of issues now with the engine I'm trying to sort out.
>
> Engine runs on the warm side with the gauge between 1/2 and 3/4 some
> excursions to 3/4 when left idling for a _long_ time. When the engine is
> revved to 1,500-2,000 rpm it settles back down to 5/8ths on the gauge.