Neil,
Perhaps the thermostat was temporarily stuck and suddenly opened thus
allowing the rapid cooling down that you observed. If there was the
"gunk" in the radiator as you say, you may have dislodged some of it
during the installation and caused the thermostat to stick closed.
Regards,
Joe
"Sampson, Neil" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> this is an odd one. i've just replaced the radiator on my 1973 GT6, it's
> been totally filled up with 'For-Life' (the super-duper coolant) and have
> replaced many of the surrounding water hoses. However, whilst driving only
> a short distance (after 5 minutes) the temp gauge is already well-over a
> comfortable half-way mark between hot&cold. this is strange, coz the
> radiator i had before was completely chock full of dirt etc therefore
> circulation can't have been good, but even with that the temp never rose
> that quick. anyways, the strange part is, when i stopped at a roundabout,
> the temperature started going down !!! yep, back down to about half-way
> (which is where i'd expect it). This is v odd. just wondering if anyone
> has experienced anything similar - or perhaps what i can do to stop the
> sudden rise in temp ?
>
> hope you can help
> thanks in advance
> neil
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