Robert-
Cute story, and I envy you your wife, mine stops me at the door and performs
a 'sniff test.' If she smells oil, grease, or anything related to
automobile, into the doghouse I go. If I even brought equipment into the
kitchen I'd become the next John Wayne Bobbit imitator. Harsh.
It sounds like you may not have replaced your four bladed fan when you redid
your radiator. There appears to be a few ways to fix the problem, but the
stock fan just cannot pull enough air from most folk's experience. You can
either get a better fan (available in most parts stores but beware that
there is enough room on both sides for the fan to operate) or set up an
additional electric fan. I have the same problem as you and have decided on
the electrical route, but have not implmented yet. My water pump did go bad
in a slow way that lead to additional problems, but even after replacment it
was not enough. Added cooling is required if you're driving in traffic I
believe.
-Patrick
SV Richmond, CA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alpines(at)autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-alpines(at)autox.team.net]On Behalf Of robert nanzig
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 1999 5:18 AM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: cooling system
>
>
> A few days ago my wife was trading stories at work with a couple of
> women. The first was marvelling at the delicious meal her husband had
> prepared the evening before. The second said she came in the house,
> could smell something cooking, and looked on the stove to see a bubbling
> pot of delicious white chili. My wife then chipped in by saying she came
> in the house, saw Rob standing over a bubbling pot on the stove , looked
> in it and saw two thermostats from his Alpine. Lucky lady,eh?
>
> Why does my SV overheat on a hot day ? This only happens if the car is
> not moving down the road ie,idling in the driveway,stuck in slow
> traffic. The radiator has been rebuilt with a 3 row core. The tubes are
> spaced 7/16" and there are 14 fins per inch.Did I overdo it on the
> density of the core? The thermostat opens at 195 degrees, my wife can
> testify to that. Do water pumps loose their efficiancy over time, or do
> they simply fail when their time has come? Is overheating
> characteristic of Alpines? I would like to solve this before hot weather
> returns to Michigan.
>
>
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