- 1. [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: F Ronald Rader <f.ronald.rader@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:40:06 -0700
- May I suggest that the radiator be removed and the coils be replaced with modern ones and add an extra row. you can use the same top and bottom. works in all of my cars. i just remove three rows and
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- 2. [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Frederich Ficke <jagwarman@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:16:55 -0400
- I saw in a post earlier about using distilled water. Everyone should do this because it has no minerals in it therefore you will never have mineral growth in your water that will block the tubes in t
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00724.html (7,228 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:31:41 -0700
- So if the iron in the block and head isn't a mineral what is it? Animal or (sorry could not resist) Point is most tap water is so low in mineral content that it won't make a difference one way or the
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00725.html (8,260 bytes)
- 4. [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Frederich Ficke <jagwarman@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:37:27 -0400
- gee I hope our healey's are animals but no your right most CITY tap water has very few minerals but I live on a well and it is full minerals. Radiator shops don't like it when use distilled water cau
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00726.html (7,459 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:54:30 +0800
- That depends entirely on where you live. Trust me! Alan _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.7
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00729.html (7,958 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:17:46 -0700
- Depends on where you live So if the iron in the block and head isn't a mineral what is it? Animal or vegetable? (sorry could not resist) Point is most tap water is so low in mineral content that it w
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00732.html (7,913 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Fine" <RonFineEsq@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:32:47 -0700
- I live in West Los Angeles. Our tap water is reputed to be very clean but very hard. Lots of mineral content. Just boil some water in a pot an see the white residue left behind. Let the sprinklers hi
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00733.html (7,625 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:47:27 -0700
- I also live in LA. I know the water. My point is your cooling system hold about gallons of fluid. If you were to boil 2 gallons of hard tap water dry how much minerals would you have? A couple of gra
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00737.html (8,809 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:49:53 -0700
- re: "So if the iron in the block and head isn't a mineral what is it?" An element. The point of using distilled--or, better yet, deionized water--is that it's non-electrolytic; i.e. it does not facil
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00738.html (8,275 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Ron Mitchell <healeyron@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:45:40 -0700 (PDT)
- I assume you're referring to City Water. My well water has tons of minerals to add to that I soften it with Salt. Ron ________________________________ From: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com> To
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00746.html (9,619 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:23:36 +0200
- Any mains tap water in the so called civilized world has impurities in it e.g. some form of disinfectant, mainly some kind of chloride compound I believe. Often fluoride is added as well and the wate
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00748.html (8,662 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Kahn <tahoehealey@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:38:16 -0700
- They sell a lot of shower cleaners to get rid of the sediment which is still very hard to remove from the floors and walls. Same crap in the engines. I vote for distilled water. Rich Kahn coudesluijs
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00750.html (10,547 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: "John Sims" <ahbn6@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:57:58 -0400
- I've used distilled water exclusively since 1956 when I got my first car while in high school and can not remember ever having a radiator problem due to scaling, etc. Of course, sometimes I can not r
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00751.html (9,003 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:11:52 -0700
- My radiator is out, just got back from being recored. Manifolds are off too. Is there anyway to flush the engine, or do I wait for it to be running again and then flush it? I Erbs Sent from my iPod _
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00753.html (9,961 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:03:56 +0200
- You should have flushed the engine before you send the radiator away. Try getting hold of an old radiator, any radiator that will appr. fit. Fill up with water and caustic soda or one of the products
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00755.html (8,840 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:07:11 +0000 (UTC)
- re: " You hardly see that on cars that have been driving around in northern and middle Europe bar Great Britain and Ireland." What do they use? Beer? bs -- Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA Any mains tap wa
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00756.html (8,979 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:24:11 -0700
- good advice. As stated a previous post ( last month or so I had the radiator cleaned out and recored last year. It was only when I pulled it as part of my resto, did I see how I got ripped off and se
- /html/healeys/2010-07/msg00758.html (9,331 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
- Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:48:57 +0200
- In the UK and IRL they often used tap water as well. Kees Oudesluijs [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of coudesluijs.vcf] ____________________________________
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- 19. [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
- Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:42:31 +0200
- What is disregarded completely in this discussion that a lot of people run modified (much) more powerful than standard engines and have the standard radiator without extra cooling ca[pacity and/or a
- /html/healeys/2010-08/msg00003.html (7,004 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Healeys] overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Joe and Lenore Armour <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:32:20 +1000
- FWIW, I have a 197BHP at the back of the gearboxof my Healey 3000 with a standard radiator with sealing plates across the top and bottom of the core and side vertical panels with ONLY one half of the
- /html/healeys/2010-08/msg00013.html (8,763 bytes)
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