Hi Steve,
You may have a big air bubble trapped in the coolant system.
Start with a cool engine.
Fill the radiator with coolant.
Leave the cap off.
Loosen the hose connected to the highest point on the engine.
Run the engine to good and warm.
Pull the loose hose back from it's fitting to let the air out.
Add more coolant to the radiator.
When no more bubbles, close it all up.
If the bubbles persist, and/or there is oil in the radiator, check for a bad
head
gasket or cracked head.
Jim
Steve Walker wrote:
> At 07:28 PM 10/18/99 -0700, Bud wrote:
> >Gee Jim, that sounds an awful lot like the one that the factory installed my
> >77B, except they used a metal tank instead of an oil bottle. And in '78,
> '79 &
> >'80, also. And it's also what I have in my '52TD, thanks to Skip Kelsey.
> >
> >Bud Krueger
> >52TD
> >77MGB
> >
>
> I have that on my recently acquired '78 Ps-LE, however, it seems not to
> behave correctly. After I stop, the fans having been running, the overflow
> tank overflows (!). I assumed this would balance out. However, the radiator
> is not full when it cools down. Any ideas? Wrong cap? Head gasket? Tube,
> radiator and cap look new, tank is old.
>
> TIA...
>
> Steve Walker
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