Bob,
Check your thermostat. If it's closed -- and won't open -- you'll quickly
overheat as you've described.
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
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----- Original Message -----
From: Kaufman, Bob <bkaufman@laquinta.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 5:44 AM
Subject: Question from a new owner
>
> Folks - had a problem yesterday w/ my 76 spitfire that has me baffled.
> After degreasing the suspension components and spraying them off with
water,
> I went for a ride and the temp. quickly shot up to the 3/4 mark. Turned
> around parked in the driveway and the temp went down a little, between 1/2
> and 3/4 marks. Took off the rad cap while idling and noticed that there
was
> fluid to the top of the rim, but didn't appear to be moving.
>
> A little background: I have completely flushed the rad and block. This
was
> done about a month ago when I noticed brown fluid. Fluid is staying green
> since. The overheating as described above happened before, but not since
> flushing the system. Also, I notice a low growl sound occasionally from
the
> motor. There doesn't seem to be a set time and it appears to go away when
I
> remove the oil filler cap.
>
> Questions: 1)could the over spray from when I was rinsing off the
> suspension have done something to the ignition system to cause the over
> heating ; 2) could it be the timing; 3) could it be the water pump
>
> Bob Kaufman
> 76 spitfire
>
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