Expansion tank, huh... That's funny, I noticed I did not have one (overflow
line run to the ground to dump) the other day when flushing the mud from the
inside of the radiator.
Anyone know wether this was a DPOism, or just the way that a 1973 comes.
Didn't think twice about it as most motorcycles just dump to the ground (if
the expannsion chamber overfills).
TJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Eugene Balinski
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:50 AM
> To: Bob Howard; hwmccullough@earthlink.net
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Hot weather overheating
>
> On Fri, 28 May 2004 07:26:08 -0400
> Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com> wrote:
> > Hi Sandy,
> > SNIP>
> > Does your engine have the correct fan? The yellow plastic fan is
> > said to pull more air through the
> radiator than the earlier metal fan.
>
> Check to insure that the fan(s) are blowing in the correct
> direction. There have been cases where the fan was installed
> backwards and would impede the air flow.
>
> On other thing - insure that all of the air has been
> "burped" out of the cooling system. Long story short, my
> radiator was replaced by a repair shop. They refilled the
> cooling system and all was thought to be fine. The car
> overheated on the way home.
>
> Upon investigaton I found that the cooling system had
> trapped air. Slowly filling the cooling system throught the
> opening for the top radiator hose and burping the air out by
> gripping the lower radiator hose and squeezing made a huge
> difference. I would do this until all of the air was gone.
> This was followed by reinstalling the fill plug and then
> topping off the radiator through the expansion tank again
> with an occasional squeeze of the lower radiator hose.
>
> The car did not overheat after that.
>
> Gene Balinski
> 80 B
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