[JAGNUTS] Brits by the Bus - July 19/20

Fri Jul 18 14:18:21 MDT 2008

Thanks Tony,  I will do some more investigations with the IR thermometer 
this weekend (I now have one of my own).  I will use your measurements as 
reference points.  I had a quick look between the rad and the AC condenser 
as I had read about it getting gunked up and it looked OK but I really 
need to get a good light in there to be sure.

Cheers

Kevin Smith, PMP
Project Manager
306-337-5697
KEVSMI at CA.IBM.COM

Tony Koschinsky <tkoschinsky at sasktel.net> 
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07/18/2008 01:17 PM
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Kevin, here's some more food for thought.  I was moving the VDP to my back 

garage and, as often happens, I missed the turn and ended up on the 
highway 
for a bit of a run.  Back in the garage, with the temp gauge sitting on 90 

C. where it should be, and AC on, the temp at the A bank thermostat 
housing 
was 224 F. and the B bank was 228.  This makes sense, since this is the 
outlet for the heated coolant after making its way through the heads 
picking 
up heat, and there would be conduction of some heat from the metal of the 
head into the water jacket.  The coolent in the rad at the inlet, 
according 
to the tank temp, was 205.

By comparison, 200 seems on the cool side.

Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Koschinsky" <tkoschinsky at sasktel.net>
To: "JAGNUTS Regina" <jagnuts at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [JAGNUTS] Brits by the Bus - July 19/20

> Sorry to hear about the heating problem.  When I first got my VDP she 
ran 
> a
> bit hot.  The problem was that the space between the AC condenser and 
the
> rad was full of debris - old leaves, fuzz, bugs and what not, which cuts 

> the
> effective size of the rad in half.  Maybe give this a quick look, 
although
> cleaning it out is a bit of a task.
>
> Tony
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "kevin" <kevsm1 at accesscomm.ca>
> To: "'JAGNUTS Regina'" <jagnuts at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [JAGNUTS] Brits by the Bus - July 19/20
>
>
>> Bad news everybody!
>>
>> The XJS continues to run hot.  An IR thermometer shows the temp on the
>> pipe
>> the sending unit is mounted in at 200 degrees.  Unfortunately it wasn't
>> until I started to drive it farther than just delivering it to the shop
>> that
>> this showed up,
>>
>> I can't take it out on the highway with this problem so we will be 
>> staying
>> home this weekend.  Just as well really, since I forgot that I would 
have
>> to
>> pay PST when I licensed it ($650!!!). I now don't have any cash for the
>> trip
>> anyway.
>>
>> Please think of us and take lots of pictures.  We'll see you all next
>> Sunday.
>>
>> I have cancelled out hotel reservations.  If someone could let the
>> Saskatoon
>> folks know that we will not be there I would appreciate it.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jagnuts-bounces at autox.team.net
>> [mailto:jagnuts-bounces at autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of Bob
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:23 PM
>> To: 'JAGNUTS Regina'
>> Subject: Re: [JAGNUTS] Brits by the Bus - July 19/20
>>
>> Congrats Kevin on getting the XJS licensed!  We've got our fingers 
>> crossed
>> that it is nothing more than a wonky sending unit that's keeping 'er 
>> warm.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jagnuts-bounces at autox.team.net
>> [mailto:jagnuts-bounces at autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of kevin
>> Sent: July 16, 2008 6:47 PM
>> To: 'JAGNUTS Regina'
>> Subject: Re: [JAGNUTS] Brits by the Bus - July 19/20
>>
>> We are planning on being there Saturday morning.  The car has passed 
it's
>> safety inspection and I have plates on it (I forgot about the PST 
though,
>> Ouch!).
>>
>> I have managed to get the fan to stop hitting the shroud with some 
shims
>> that should get me through the weekend but it is running a little hot. 
I
>> am
>> going over to Cal's tomorrow and he is going to get an accurate reading 

>> of
>> exactly how hot it is running.  Hopefully it will be OK to drive
>>
>> My cell # is 529-4075
>>
>> Cheers
>> Kevin
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