Mark,
Give us a bit more history... why were you replacing the thermostat? Was
there a problem before?
Three immed. possibilities come to mind... a bad thermostat (you can
test em on the stove with a pot of hot water) or is there any chance it
was installed backward?
Before you give up on the radiator, remove it and try back flushing it
with a garden hose. A third possibility is that you loosened some scale
in the system and it's blocking something.
Other then that, I think we need to know a little more.
Alan Myers
San Jose, Calif.
'62 TR4 CT17602
Mark Milotay wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I replaced the thermostat on my Spit on the weekend, and now the
> temperature guage quickly climbs up towards the danger zone (w/in minutes
> of starting). I know that one of the tests for a failed rad is to check and
> see if the top is warm and the bottom is still cool. What I am wondering is
> how long should the car run for this test to be valid? I want to make sure
> that the rad is really dead before having to replace it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark and his Hot Spit
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MZ
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