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1. Running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Leonard Berkowitz" <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:56:03 -0500; After 21 years of trying to cool down my beauty I am cautiously optimistic. I have rebuilt the engine, rebuilt the stock radiator, installed and removed the following: oil cooler, six blade Californi; /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00292.html (7,470 bytes)
2. running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Leonard Berkowitz" <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:16:43 -0400; I seem to not be able to keep my car at a reasonable temperature. I tried a Texas cooler which seemed to help a little but I started to see evidence of the fan hitting the radiator so I just installe; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00373.html (8,177 bytes)
3. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:44:42 -0700; Have you checked: - timing (retarded can cause overtemp) - mixture (ditto too lean) - radiator - block internals (i.e. rust) - thermostat The pump would be the last thing I'd suspect; there's nothin; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00374.html (9,038 bytes)
4. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:24:04 +0800; Electric fans rarely, if ever, help reduce the heat in a 6 cyl. healey. The problem lies in the fact that the radiator is just a hair small for the engine, so if you install an electric fan, it redu; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00376.html (9,133 bytes)
5. RE: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Don" <don@anglesey.us>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:58:22 -0700; After trashing my Texas cooler because they fatigue with age I found that BCS (the Nocks) sold a 6 blade 90 degree SS fan. I have it installed on my car and it will cool as good as the Texas cooler; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00377.html (8,894 bytes)
6. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:41:14 -0500; Bob made some good suggestions, you may know this already, but you can check your thermostat by putting it in a pan full of water and heating it up, if you have a candy or baking thermometer you can; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00378.html (10,522 bytes)
7. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: Healeyguy@aol.com; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 03:56:58 EDT; Make sure that you verify that the gauge is reading correctly. It is not uncommon for them to read 20 or more degrees off. Sludge build up in the rad and water passages of the block is one of the big; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00379.html (7,833 bytes)
8. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: John Peak <redbn7@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:50:19 -0700 (PDT); I concur with Bob on verifying that your engine is in proper tune and the cooling system is operating properly, particularly the thermostat. When I first purchased my BN7 it had overheating problems; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00383.html (9,102 bytes)
9. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:53:46 -0700; One other thing: if you live in a warm climate, you can use less antifreeze in your coolant mixture. I live in the SF Bay Area, and it (almost) never freezes here, so I use about a 2:1 water:antifree; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00386.html (9,591 bytes)
10. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: olin.brimberry@talecris.com; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:10:01 -0400; I got a 6 blade fan that looks like the originals that were an option per the parts list. Mine is painted yellow, but it could be SS underneath for all I know. I have seen where they actually offered; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00387.html (8,193 bytes)
11. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: bn1@pacbell.net; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:10:31 -0700; I discovered that fact 30 years ago when I decided to drive my '61 BT7 from LA to Canada in January. (Yeah well we're all a little bit crazy if we own Healeys, aren't we?) Bill Bolton will remember m; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00389.html (9,123 bytes)
12. RE: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Don" <don@anglesey.us>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:38:33 -0700; Here in Las Vegas, NV I run a 70/30 antifreeze mixture (2.1 gallon distilled water, 0.9 gallon antifreeze and 12oz. Water Wetter). I have yet to over-heat in 115 degree weather but I seldom drive it; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00390.html (9,118 bytes)
13. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "James Lea" <clocks@midcoast.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:07:10 -0400; FWIW Like most of us I was taught that you must have antifreeze in the radiator to prevent corrosion and with it I ran 190+ F. Now I run pure water and a bottle of Red Line Water Wetter. On normal da; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00398.html (8,449 bytes)
14. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:22:21 -0400; --And in the winter, in Maine, you do what? Drain it, or add antifreeze? David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb Cumberland, RI USA -also cold in Feb !!! FWIW Like most of us I was taught that you must; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00399.html (8,818 bytes)
15. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: RAHosmer@aol.com; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:33:01 EDT; Seems like plain water (I live in a basically no-freeze area, at least for the next 5 months!) plus Water Wetter might be well worth a try. If I have to get more aggressive - rebuild rad/boil block; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00400.html (8,352 bytes)
16. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "James Lea" <clocks@midcoast.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:42:50 -0400; David. When I put the car away for the winter I drain the water and put in straight antifreeze. JL; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00401.html (8,041 bytes)
17. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Alex" <alexmm@adelphia.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:57:54 -0400; I notice that when I used a 50/50 mix made up with distilled water, the temperature ran lower by about five or more degrees on the gauge. I get the water from my basement de-humidifier! I also use a; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00402.html (8,293 bytes)
18. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: John Peak <redbn7@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:11:02 -0700 (PDT); Didn't think about that one. Shortly before changing out the water pump, I relocated from Seattle, WA to South Florida. After installing the new pump I re-filled the cooling system with approx. 30%; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00403.html (10,170 bytes)
19. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:32:32 +0800; yeah, Napa carries redline products in No. Cal. If they don't have it in the shop, they can get it from the Napa warehouse. I think Carquest carries it also. Regards, Alan '53 BN1 '64 BJ8; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00408.html (8,356 bytes)
20. Re: running Hot (score: 1): Author: "Al Adams" <aajr@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:13:35 -0700; I've had great success with Texas Cooler fans on both Healeys I've owned. I've never heard of them failing due to fatigue. What period of time do you suspect they start to fatigue? Does anyone else; /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00411.html (8,640 bytes)

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