Dave, are you sure that you havn't got a blown head gasket or cracked
head or manifold? Wouldn't necessarily get water into the oil, but
might get it into the cylinders where it would disappear.
If that quantity of water isn't coming out somewhere, then it must be
going somewhere.
Do you have a carb. manifold that is pre-heated with a connection to
the water system?
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From <DLancer7676 at cs.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 11 July 2001 04:08
Subject: Still Overheating
> I took the Midget on its longest drive this evening since I cleaned
the
> cooling system and changed the thermostat to a 160 degree one. I
drove about
> 12 miles and everything was fine. Drove about 3 more miles and
looked down
> at the temp guage to find it creeping rapidly toward "H". I pulled
over,
> loosened the pressure cap, which released much boiling in the tank
and the
> radiator, and when it had stopped spewing, I took off the plastic
cap and put
> about a half gallon of water into her. She drove fine, guage cool,
for about
> 15 more miles when she overheated again. To the side of the road,
loosened
> the cap, much boiling, then add nearly a gallon of water. Where the
hell is
> the water going? Checked the oil--it is fine--no water there. The
overflow
> tank is FULL. Maybe it is going there and spilling over?
> Anyway, I have a question for 1500 guys regarding the routing of
the
> radiator hoses. As I am trying to analyze the problem, and standing
in my
> driveway, I noticed that I have the big hose that comes from the
left
> bottomof the radiator connected correctly to the top of the thermo
cover. On
> the other side of the thermo there are TWO outlets, one upper one
that comes
> from the cover, and a lower one that comes from BELOW the
thermostat. I
> have the hose that comes from the top right of the radiator going to
the top
> outlet, or the one that comes out of the thermo cover, and the
smaller hose
> that routes to the heater block coming from the LOWER outlet.
> As I think about the routing, it seems that the engine is out of
the loop
> with the way I have it routed. It seems like a dumb thing to do, if
I got
> the hoses reversed (shut up Ed), but I am stretching for an answer
to the
> sudden overheating problems of this usually cool running engine.
Could one
> of you guys whose 1500 engines run cool please check your routing to
see
> whether I need to reverse the two hoses? Or if you have a pic you
could send
> me that shows the coolant hose routing. I have two manuals, but
neither
> have a good picture of the engine with hoses attached.
> Thanks!
>
> --David C.
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