John,
My TD usually runs 70-80C maximum even when climbing a 2000 foot hill in 85F
degree weather. I think the TF has a pressurized cooling system that would
allow it to run a bit hotter than a TD with an open system that would boil
at 100C.
John Quilter
Brisbane, California
----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Gunnell" <gunnellj@athenet.net>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 11:23 AM
Subject: MG TF Temperature
> Hi Mates
>
> We made a 65-mile run to Green Bay in the TF 1250 yesterday to promote our
> Iola Old Car Show. On the way home (also 65 miles) the car got a little
hotter
> than ever before, though there was no overheating and it cooled right back
> down rather quickly.
>
> This car usually runs at 85-degrees c. After the return trip, when shut
off,
> it inched over 110 degrees c.
>
> Four years ago, when I first got my TD, I remember John Twist telling me
> something to the effect that 100 degrees c. is a "good" range for T Series
> cars to run in.
>
> But it seems to me that 100 degrees c. would be up near the top of the
scale
> on the temp. gauge.
>
> Does the MG gauge work a bit different than an American car gauge? For
> instance, on an American car you might have a gauge showing 250 at top,
but
> your car is really too hot at 220.
>
> Is a T-Series "just right" near the top of the scale, or should the car
run
> somewhere in the middle of the scale?
>
> I always wondered about this.
>
> John Gunnell
> PO Box 87
> Iola, WI 54945
> 715-445-4262
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