[Mgs] Flushing the cooling system?

[Barrie Robinson]

Okay. okay enough already..  I  have  1935 M MG with a 2lb thermostat 
and filled with monastic phlegm that never even got hot going through 
the gates of hell (oh god, those who are religious want that in 
"Hell").   So can we just drop this subject please?  Sorry folks but 
it has been a hard day - and I apologise in advance - so no replies please


At 08:05 PM 3/10/2009, Matt Trebelhorn wrote:
>No offense intended -- and your car certainly looks to be in good shape.
>
>I would put it down to the first half of my comment -- I suggested
>that it might be incredibly hard to do, but you work you car, well,
>incredibly hard!  And more power to you.
>
>Between the two of us, we have a couple of data points that start to
>answer the original question.
>
>I get no boil-over when lapping at 95F, with a redline of ~6400; or
>cruising at 110F.
>Eric gets boil-over when racing at 110F+, with a redline of 7000.
>
>So somewhere in there is a threshold -- where we might agree that a
>good car, used hard enough, will boil over.
>
>Matt
>enough bench racing -- hoping to shake off the long winter next week
>and go for a drive!
>
>On 10 Mar, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Eric Erickson wrote:
>>Matt Trebelhorn wrote:
>>>I think it would be incredibly difficult to get an MGB in good
>>>condition to boil over.
>>But of course that statement then suggests, plainly,  that if your
>>car boils then it is not in good condition and answers any argument
>>against it.
>>I think my car is generally in pretty "good condition" (well, not
>>right now because I have a split in the top tank of the radiator)
>>but I can assure you that driving for six or seven minutes with the
>>foot planted on the floor and significant amounts of times at 6500
>>to 7000 in 110F+ temperatures WILL get you dumping fluid.
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Barrie

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