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[Dan Suskin]

One more thing - the Austin 7 - which has no water pump at all and relies on
thermosyphon for cooling - always boils after shut down


Danni Suskin
...leaving only footprints

> On Jul 22, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Roger Garnett <rwgarnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings all
>
> With my car now running better and all, on Saturday we had a great picnic
> outing my and Randy's '03 CDO's. It was a hot and steamy day, and we did
> get hit with a brief shower during lunch (Big old oaks make great
> shelters.), and a bit stronger burst as we prepared to depart.
>
> A couple photos of the cars, and water pump:
>
>
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>
> One thing I found is that when I stop after about a 5 mile run, the water
> in the coolant tank boils for a couple of minutes. Even tho it was a hot
> day, and it has original Olds cooling path (no head modification), it seems
> like it shouldn't boil that readily. I've checked the flow, and nothing
> seems restricted. I see two likely possibilities:
>
> 1) The water pump isn't doing much.
> 2) The engine is running extra hot for some other reason.
>
> I'm thinking the water pump may be doing a sub-par job, and should be
> removed & renovated. It looks like taking off the water lines and loosening
> the big nut is what it takes, but doesn't look like there is a lot of
> clearance between the pump and side of the body to remove it.
>
> Can anyone tell me if this style pump (Late '03, see picture)  can be
> removed with the body in place?
> Is this a simple pump to rebuild?
>
> --
> Roger Garnett
> rwgarnett at gmail.com
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