[Healeys] Texas cooler

[Alan Seigrist]

Nothing will give in the pump per se, it'll just leak water until it fails.

FYI, the radiator in my A90 in Hong Kong is not pressurized at all (open
system) - it actually keeps very cool even in the hottest weather - radiator
is clean, block is backflushed annually, 90% water with wetter.
Pressurizing the rad doesn't really get you there, it should be a last
resort.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:

> Michael,
> What will give in the water pump?
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
> Michael Salter schreef:
>
>> Be very careful about increasing the cooling system pressure. I know from
>> experience that the 4 cylinder water pump will not take 12 lbs and one
>> would
>> want to check the maximum pressure of the 6 cylinder one before taking
>> that
>> step.
>>
>> Michael Salter
>> 100 (1953) #174
>> AHX12 (1953)
>> Bugeye (1961)
>> http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?p=432