Fred,
Been there, done that. Mine is one of many 1500's that run too hot. Frankly,
I think the damned things just have lousy cooling systems and are geared way
too low for the highway. I plan to run with a thermostat but am not holding
out a lot of hope for it to cool off much.
Charlie Hubbard
1964 SPL310
Flower Mound, Texas
http://members.home.net/cehubbard/tdroc/
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 23:38:45 -0700
From: "roadster" <roadster@rcn.com>
Subject: Re: No Thermostat
Charlie,
Something sounds wrong with your engine overheating situation. You say the
block has been flushed twice?
A couple years ago when I had my block flushed, I checked the water jackets
before doing any rebuilding. I was shocked to find pieces of metal casting
inside the jackets. Some of these pieces were several inches long. I fished
them out thru the freeze plug holes. You can imagine that metal debris like
this can impede the flow of coolant in the engine, and that other gunk can
build up behind it creating a blockage. (After assembly, the engine never
ran hot.)
This was no fault of the block tank flushing. It was a by-product of the
manufacturing process. A long time ago another 2000 engine block of mine had
a constricted passage, and I opened it up by breaking off the metal casting
that constricted the flow of coolant from the block into the cylinder head.
The engine ran cooler after that.
Not saying that this is the situation with yours, just a possibility to
investigate.
Fred - So.SF
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