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Re: No oil pressure, running hot

To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: No oil pressure, running hot
From: Bill McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 22:11:47 -0700
Frank Clarici wrote:
> Now you can stick your finger in the rad when it's hot.
> It's hot but it's not boiling nor is it scalding hot.
> I wouldn't want to stick my nose in it but I can hold my finger in the 
> radiator for several seconds. The rad is cooling, the water is at the 
> right temp. the paint on the head is blistering and that's where the 
> temp sender is. It's a hot headed Mini.

*The paint is blistering, but is the head actually super hot, or can you 
touch it?  Is oil getting to the rockers at idle?  Can you hold your 
finger on the oil filter cannister? Sounds much more like gauges 
(electric) than problems with the engine....
Regards, Bill
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