In a message dated 10/15/2007 10:23:46 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
r.gosling@penspen.com writes:
Has the radiator been flushed at all recently? There could be any
amount of muck restricting the free flow of coolant.
Just one of a number of possible remedies, but a cheap one to try
first...
Also, what's the drive like? Free-flowing or stop-start? In
free-flowing traffic the fan shouldn't need to do any work, the forward
motion of the car should be enough, so I wouldn't spend too much of my
effort focussing on the fan unless your car spends significant time
under 20mph.
Radiator was flused an checked a few months ago when we changed the engine.
The drive is mostly freeway. First five miles has maybe 4 stop lights, and
3-4 at the other end, but most is 55-70 MPH freeway.
One thing I forgot to mention yesterday, as I let off the gas and coasted to
a stop at those first few lights, I had 3-4 large backfires through the
muffler, with great clouds of smoke from each one. If I pushed in the clutch
and
let it idle as I coasted to the stop, the backfires did not occur.
John Twist set the carbs in April, so they should still be spot on.
Regards,
Robert B. Houston
63 TR4
74.5 MGBGT
73 MG Midget
b&Reminds me of my safari in Africa, somebody forgot the corkscrew and for
several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. W. C Fields
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