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Subject: Cool-ant Questions
From: Andy Hiller <racecase@oneimage.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 01:42:32 -0800
I'd appreciate your help with a couple of cooling system questions
regarding my Formula Ford Xflow motor--

1.  Am I correct that the water pump feeds coolant INTO the lower
radiator hose and the coolant EXITS at the upper hose at the head?

2.  Assuming I don't have everything bass ackwards in #1, does the fact
that my temp gauge sensor is located in the themostat housing as the
fluid exits the head skew the reading compared to a sensor in the
radiator?  Seems to me the sensor measures the temp at it's hottest
point, as opposed to after it cools in the radiator.

3.  If I'm correct in #2, how much higher do you reckon the reading is
at the head than at the more normal sensor location in the radiator?

Please advise.

Thanks.

Andy Hiller
Fort Collins, CO
'70 Winklemann WDF-2

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