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Re: Overheating

To: garyb <garyb@pentek.com>, mgs <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Overheating
From: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 10:51:00 -0700 (PDT)
cooler thermostat , there are three temps I know of. I believe you can go 
down to 165
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From: mgs-owner
To: garyb; mgs
Subject: Re: Overheating
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 1997 10:39AM

Hi Gary,

I'm sorry, but what year is your B?  I live in MD and I've had to make
changes on both my 72 and 80 B's to adjust for those blistering days.

Dan

In a message dated 97-08-19 08:43:07 EDT, garyb@pentek.com (Gary Burrell)
writes:

> Subj: Overheating
>  Date:        97-08-19 08:43:07 EDT
>  From:        garyb@pentek.com (Gary Burrell)
>  Sender:      owner-mgs@autox.team.net
>  Reply-to:    garyb@pentek.com (Gary Burrell)
>  To:  mgs@autox.team.net
>
>  Well, I brought my MGB down here to NJ, and now with all this hot
>  weather, I'm worring about it overheating it overheating.  It has a
>  180 degree thermistat and normaly runs about 190-195, but in these
>  95 degree tempatures if I get stopped the tempature climbs rapidly.
>  On the highway in 95 degree heat it might get a little over 200 but
>  if I'm travelling off the highway by the 3rd or 4th red light I'm
>  hitting
>  210 and climbing.  (I hit 230 at the tolls on the Mass turnpike coming
>  down here but droped to 200 once I got moving again, although I was
>  worried for a while).
>
>  Any ideas what to look for.  I've never had a problem when I was back
>  in Nova Scotia.  The coolent is full, the water passages should be
>  good as the engine was rebuilt and hot tanked about 4 years ago, and
>  had a new water pump then.  The rad is about 6 years old and
>  has been flushed a couple of times but not in the last year.  I'm going
>  to try new coolent with a 70% (maximum) mix and the Red Line
>  Water Wetter, and a new thermistat in case mine is only partually
>  opening. Any other ideas
>


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