[Healeys] Aluminum Radiator

[Alan Seigrist]

Actually, I've found some advantages to the 100 sensor location - it'll
generally tell you if your thermostat is working (you can see the temp jump
all of a sudden when the thermostat opens) and also I've found when it's
seems to be running too cool, it usually means I need to add a bit of
coolant because the bulb is sensing the air temp, not water temp.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks -
>
> All of you have lost your collective marbles noodles knowledge (said with
> respect).
>
> The 100 has its temp sensor mounted on the tank  of the radiator, not on
> the engine block.  This means if the thermostat is shut, then the temp in
> the top of the radiator will go down as you are driving because the wind is
> cooling a closed system in the radiator.
>
> This is why on the 3000 they moved the temp bulb to under the thermostat,
> so it tells you better what engine / head temps are regardless to whether
> the thermostat is opened or closed.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Alan
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Derek Job <derek.c.job at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm surprised at some of the large variations in temp that people are
>> reporting. My car gets up to temperature and stays there. It might rise
>> slightly when stuck in traffic for a prolonged period. It doesn't drop
>> 20-30 degrees during normal driving. That doesn't sound right to me.
>>
>> Derek
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Steven Kingsbury <
>>> airtightproductions at icloud.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Wednesday, October 1st I installed an all aluminum radiator in my
>>> BN1
>>> > 100.
>>> > On
>>> > Saturday, October 4th I went on a 200 mile plus journey from the valley
>>> > floor
>>> > in
>>> > northern California up to 8500 feet elevation at the summit of Mount
>>> > Lassen and then back into the valley. The temperature in the valley
>>> > was about 95 degrees F and going up in to the mountains, I got stuck
>>> > behind a motor home and on a very twisty, steep, hot and slow road,
>>> > that's where I got my hottest, a little under 200 degrees! The rest of
>>> > the trip I ranged from 150 degrees to 190! I'm not even going to count
>>> > the 120 I got coming down out of the mountains!
>>> > All in all, it's the best thing I've ever done for my car. The
>>> > radiator was made by Wizardo;? out of New York, I got it off of eBay
>>> and
>>> > other
>>> > than
>>> > them sending me the wrong radiator to begin with, (which they did
>>> > straighten out), I would highly recommend their work and product. NFI,
>>> > just happy with what it's done to my car. Didn't have to change a
>>> > thing in the car and it bolted right in! Sweet!
>>> > Steven Kingsbury
>>> > BN1 #598