Re: Overheating question

Russell Hedges (russellh(at)home.com)
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:40:24 -0700

Craig Burlingame wrote: >
> I've just re-joined the Alpines list again and already have a pressing
> question for the group to ponder. My wife, Nancy and I love to motor about
> in our stock Mediterranean blue SV Alpine. This past weekend we decided it
> was a good time for a drive to Mt. Rainier, about a 2 1/2 hr. drive from
> home here in Bellevue, Wash. The problem is, weather here in Northwest has
> been unusually hot these past days with temps soaring into mid-90's.
> Undaunted, we motored off merrily . . . Mt. Rainier bound.

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Good for you!

Here in San Diego, the fix the Triumph club seems to have adopted is to add an electric cooling fan attached directly to the radiator.

The Roots people seem to favor a radiator with a three row core.

Some people use both.

I am pretty sure that the British simply did not appreciate how hot it gets, and stays, in some markets.

It could be a worn impeller in you water pump, too.

Russell Hedges