[TR] How hot is too hot?

[Wbeech]

If you vacuum advance is leaking air that can lean out your mixture and
cause a hotter engine.  Pull a spark plug and check the color.

Did your radiator guy actually check the flow of the radiator or just
pressurize it and confirm that it does not leak?

My thoughts,
Bill


Bill Beecher
'58 TR3A TS/30766L "Tarbaby"
'62 TR3B TCF/2549L " Aunt B"
www.triumphowners.com/1566
'68 Land Rover Series IIa 88" "The Beast"
"If you think you have everything under control... You're driving too slow"
M.Andretti


-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chris Simo
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 10:24 PM
To: list Triumph
Subject: [TR] How hot is too hot?

We made it to the Shenandoah Car Club British car show today. Not as
smoothly as I'd like but we made it.

Temperature ran in the 195 to 200 range the entire way. But that's not how
it ran 3 days ago.

This spring, I took the radiator to the shop and he said it was great. I'm
beginning to think maybe my radiator guy is not so good.

I'm not sure the distributors behaving correctly, though. I set the timing
static and then I adusted from there. I think maybe my vacuum advance could
be intermittent could that cause overheating?

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