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1. [Healeys] Overheating so hard that the carbs boil? (score: 1)
Author: Tadeusz Malkiewicz <tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:57:18 +0200
A fellow 100 owner here in Poland had his car just restored, but the car overheats madly in traffic, so bad, that the 1st carb boils petrol (so he described). He has a new aluminum radiator, rebuild
/html/healeys/2010-09/msg00160.html (6,902 bytes)

2. Re: [Healeys] Overheating so hard that the carbs boil? (score: 1)
Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:49:49 +0800
First try using a 180 or 160 deg thermostat, these cars originally did not use 190+ thermostats. When the engine was rebuilt, they possibly did not clean out all the rust and scale in the water jack
/html/healeys/2010-09/msg00163.html (8,450 bytes)

3. Re: [Healeys] Overheating so hard that the carbs boil? (score: 1)
Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:07:46 -0400
I had a BJ8 not a 100 - but never had a heating problem. But I have had massive problems with building my MGB GT V8. Overheating was an enormous problem and here is the sequence of changes I made to
/html/healeys/2010-09/msg00173.html (9,658 bytes)

4. Re: [Healeys] Overheating so hard that the carbs boil? (score: 1)
Author: Tadeusz Malkiewicz <tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:59:54 +0200
Many thanks Chris and all - I will forward all your comments... As always the list is a fantastic resource! Best, Tadek Here's a few thoughts.... I'd be cursing out of town too... 1. Check the therm
/html/healeys/2010-09/msg00175.html (9,684 bytes)

5. Re: [Healeys] Overheating so hard that the carbs boil? (score: 1)
Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:54:16 -0700
FWIW, I have a similar problem with our BN2--we can't get the front carb float valve to seal up (may be contributing to our fuel pump runon problem). Symptoms are: fuel dribbling out of jet and, occa
/html/healeys/2010-09/msg00177.html (8,627 bytes)

6. Re: [Healeys] Overheating so hard that the carbs boil? (score: 1)
Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:07:49 -0700
Forgot to add my question: anyone had any luck using Grose Jets to solve this--or similar--problem? I know, GJs are reputed to have had QA problems, but I've had them in my BJ8 forever and they've wo
/html/healeys/2010-09/msg00187.html (8,380 bytes)


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