Hi Gary,
I'm sorry, but what year is your B? I live in MD and I've had to make
changes on both my 72 and 80 B's to adjust for those blistering days.
Dan
In a message dated 97-08-19 08:43:07 EDT, garyb@pentek.com (Gary Burrell)
writes:
> Subj: Overheating
> Date: 97-08-19 08:43:07 EDT
> From: garyb@pentek.com (Gary Burrell)
> Sender: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> Reply-to: garyb@pentek.com (Gary Burrell)
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
>
> Well, I brought my MGB down here to NJ, and now with all this hot
> weather, I'm worring about it overheating it overheating. It has a
> 180 degree thermistat and normaly runs about 190-195, but in these
> 95 degree tempatures if I get stopped the tempature climbs rapidly.
> On the highway in 95 degree heat it might get a little over 200 but
> if I'm travelling off the highway by the 3rd or 4th red light I'm
> hitting
> 210 and climbing. (I hit 230 at the tolls on the Mass turnpike coming
> down here but droped to 200 once I got moving again, although I was
> worried for a while).
>
> Any ideas what to look for. I've never had a problem when I was back
> in Nova Scotia. The coolent is full, the water passages should be
> good as the engine was rebuilt and hot tanked about 4 years ago, and
> had a new water pump then. The rad is about 6 years old and
> has been flushed a couple of times but not in the last year. I'm going
> to try new coolent with a 70% (maximum) mix and the Red Line
> Water Wetter, and a new thermistat in case mine is only partually
> opening. Any other ideas
>
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