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Re: [Healeys] Overheating Healey

To: warthodson@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Overheating Healey
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:46:49 -0700
Do 100s have the coolant bypass in the head?

Bob


warthodson@aol.com wrote:
> For an oil cooler to be as affective as possible the heat it removes should
> not be added back into the heat the radiator must deal with.
> I just got into this discussion, so I hope the following is not a repeat.
> There are many ways to improve the Healey cooling. Some are simple such as:
> Make sure you are using a thermostat that includes a bypass blocking sleeve or
> install a fixed sleeve to stop the flow from bypassing (the radiator).
> In lieu of using a 50/50 mix of anti-freeze, use 10-15% antifreeze & 90-85%
> water. You will be protected down to something like 10 degrees F. If that is
> not enough, increase the percentage in the winter.
> Gary Hodson
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Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell@comcast.net

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