[Healeys] thermostat discussion

[Alan Seigrist]

yes of course.  I use very high quality coolant, usually at about 20%
coolant to water mixture, and replace the mixture once a year.  In
California where it isn't so hot, I just use 50/50 mix and keep it in the
car at least two to three years.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:

> Alan,
> At least use an inhibitor, especialy if you have a mix of different metals
> in you cooling system and you practically always have a mix of
> aluminium/cast iron on the engine (waterpump, thermostat housing or
> sometimes an aluminium cil. head), sometimes even a copper head gasket and
> lead/tin/brass/steel on the radiator.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
>
>
> Alan Seigrist schreef:
>
>> Kees -
>>
>> Many people use tap water to fill their radiators... this is what causes
>> the scaling.  Using distilled water, as you suggest, is the only way to go.
>>  I've only ever rodded the radiator on a car I've purchased from someone
>> else.  Once done, it runs cool and never clogs up again using distilled
>> water.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> '52 A90
>> '53 BN1
>> '64 BJ8
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl <mailto:
>> coudesluijs at chello.nl>> wrote:
>>
>>    What beats me is that blocked radiators still happen and rodding
>>    or a new core is still neccesary. Appearantly many people still
>>    use water instead of a proper formulated coolant which will
>>    prevent scale largely. Once I installed a new core or radiator I
>>    never had to clean the cooling system anymore afterwards using a
>>    mix of destilled water and antifreeze/inhibitor or a ready to use
>>    good quality coolant.
>>    Also in my daily drivers I never had the problems, and most of
>>    them clock up well over 300.000 miles which is a lot in this country.
>>
>>    Kees Oudesluijs
>>    NL
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.386 / Virus Database:
>> 270.13.5/2220 - Release Date: 07/05/09 17:54:00