[Healeys] Vanishing Coolant

[I Erbs]

Check your oil. If it's milky or off color you could have a head gasket
leak.
Btw 200 degrees is fine

Ira Erbs
IT Educator and Consultant
Portland, OR.

Sent from my mobile phone. What you get may not be what I typed.
On Mar 4, 2014 5:35 AM, "rkeysor" <rkeysor at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> As I have dealt with the cooling issue with my BN7, I'm having some
> interesting experiences.  Lately it's the coolant in the reserve tank going
> away.  After purchase, I had the radiator recored, which did nothing to
> reduce
> the tendency to run hot in warm weather. We have an abundance of that here
> in
> Florida.   I next constructed an aluminum surround for what I understand
> is a
> Texas cooler type of fan installed by the PO.  I added a new 7 lb. radiator
> cap, and then the tubular sleeve Moss sells to block the recirculation
> port in
> the head.  With these in place, I drove the car more than 400 miles to a
> Brit
> car show near Tampa.  The car generally ran below 190 degrees, though it
> got
> to 200 in heavy traffic. No hint of boiling. Subsequently, I installed a
> 160
> degree thermostat inside the Moss sleeve (the car didn't have a thermostat
> and
> the locals tend not to use them) and also mounted a coolant reserve tank,
> basically a ketchup bottle with the top
>  drilled to take the rubber radiator overflow hose.  I fill the bottle
> about
> half way with coolant, with the hose end reaching the bottom of the
> receptacle.  On two occasions since doing this, I have found the reserve
> tank
> empty after fairly long drives, with the radiator coolant level remaining
> normal and no overheating. The engine never reached 190 degrees on that
> last
> longer run. On one briefer run, upon stopping, I noted bubbling from the
> hose
> in the reserve tank, and that continued for several minutes after stopping.
>  There is no suggestion of coolant in the engine oil. The car runs
> perfectly.
>  I have on occasion found a couple of drops of coolant on the floor toward
> the
> rear of the engine.  I have suspected a Welsh plug leak, but I haven't been
> able to locate it. Question, where is the reserve tank coolant going?
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