[Healeys] Head Gasket

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Thu Feb 24 17:31:30 MST 2022


sounds complicated!

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 at 8:06 AM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn <
p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> Thanks Alan
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> There is a ball valve at the very top that opens as soon as you look at it
> and lets the water out on to the road via a copper pipe.
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> Interestingly the radiator in the BN3 is the same as the Healey Duncan,
> but it’s pressurised.
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick Quinn
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> *From:* Alan Seigrist [mailto:healey.nut at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, 25 February 2022 10:48 AM
> *To:* Patrick & Caroline Quinn
> *Cc:* Healey list
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Head Gasket
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> Patrick -
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> I think on these old radiators there should be a small expansion tank in
> the very top of the radiator tank.  You might try soldering a connection on
> top as the bleed off.
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> Cheers,
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> Alan
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> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 7:03 AM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <
> p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:
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> Hello Alan
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> That raises a question that you might be able to help with.
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> My Healey Duncan has a 0 PSI cap or in other words it’s not meant to be
> pressurised. However when it gets warmed up and the coolant/water expands
> there is nowhere for it to go except out the overflow. On a longer run this
> repeats itself again and again until it overheats.
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> Don’t want to pressurise the system, but am thinking about an overflow
> tank.
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> Thank you
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> Patrick Quinn
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> Blue Mountains, Australia
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> (where it’s been raining for almost 40 days and 40 nights)
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Alan
> Seigrist
> *Sent:* Friday, 25 February 2022 12:46 AM
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Head Gasket
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> My A90 is 0 PSI .... still seems to run as cool as the 100 !
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