Greg -
Easy, replace your thermostat. It's not working.
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
--- Greg Lemon <glemon@neb.rr.com> wrote:
> While taking a pleasant drive in my Healey 100 today
> I looked at the temp
> guage and noticed it was hotter than I had ever seen
> it, around 212 degrees
> farenheit. I was about to stop anyway so kept my
> eye on it, it crept up
> over 220, I stopped, car was actually running fine.
>
> Checked the water, level was fine, nothing was
> leaking, water pump bearings
> seemed tight, ???
>
> Let it cool to about 180 then got back in for the
> short ride home, a couple
> or three miles, the first mile it was at a normal
> for my car when
> throuroughly warmed up 180-190 then it crept up to
> about 212 again quickly,
> could see the guage move, stayed there shortly.
>
> Then it went again quickly down to 180 for a while
> and stayed for the next
> mile or so. The last mile it just went nuts moved
> rapidly up to about 212,
> then back down to 190, then pegged at 230, I was
> about a block away from
> home so kept going and pulled into the garage.
>
> When I stopped the car I heard a great gurgling and
> the collant seemed to be
> boiling, in the block I think.
>
> Any advice, car has always run under 200 in the
> past, even on the hottest of
> days, it was moderate this morning, 80 or so. When
> it cools off I will
> check the thermostat, have the cheapo kind not
> original equipment style.
>
> Seems like something is blocked and the water is not
> circulating or only
> intermittently, can the water pump fail without
> showing external signs of
> failure? Or maybe blockage to passageways in the
> block
>
> THANKS
>
> Greg Lemon
> 54 BN1
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