[Mgs] Cooling issue

[Peter C]

Helps with alignments, too.


At 03:26 PM 6/21/2007, Pat Harris - \"sammler\" wrote:

>I can second the recommendation to purchase an IR thermometer.  In
>addition to using it to convince myself that the temperature of the
>circulating water was somewhat correct at various locations I also used
>it to help me locate the "hot spots" on the inside of the firewall/foot
>well of my MGA so that I could make an attempt to lower the temp inside
>the car.  I found a sizable gap on the passenger side where the slanted
>floorboard meets the firewall and plugging it helped quite a bit.
>
>For city driving I found that the plastic cooling shroud kept the temp
>down a few degrees - as I understand it the effect of the shroud is just
>to make a better pathway for the air at low rpms, forcing it toward the
>rear of the engine compartment and thus not allowing  the air which has
>just passed through the radiator from being sucked around to the front
>of the radiator.
>
>Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> > Matt:
> >
> > First. Go out and buy an infrared thermometer as suggested. They are
> > really cool fun toys and will let you know what is really happening.