Re: Overheating Strategies (General)
Chris:
Well, I must be lucky if I can idle mine on a sunny 90 degree day, in my driveway, with the hood closed, for 50+ minutes (after op temp is reached), before it will actually boil over. I only did this once.......it was a one time only test. My car is a BLACK car, which compounds the heat loading, AND my driveway is blacktop.
As I have been saying all along, this situation is normal, even with a healthy engine, tuned properly, new DeWitts, 50/50 mix, new hoses, rad cap, pump, fan clutch, etc. Turn off the a/c, open the windows, turn heater on and blower to "hi", shift to neutral and rev the engine slightly. Put an ice bag on your head.
I remember many nightmares from the late fifties to mid seventies, about cars pulled over to the roadside in summer beach traffic to Jones Beach. This used to be quite common until the engineers started to over design the marginal cooling systems of pre emissions cars. Emission controls added more heat load, and so, forced the issue.
One such war story comes to mind....some of you might enjoy it. In 1978, myself and 3 buddies embarked on a cross country oddysey in a '73 Dodge Maxivan (360 CID), which we picked up for $700.00. One of the crew had just had a broken nose reset, the week before. So here we are, somewhere between Boron CA and Badwater, in the heart of Death Valley, when the damn temp gauge starts climbing in the 115 degree heat. I remove the engine cover, open the windows, turn the heater on full high, and the temp stabilizes. My friend with the "nose" starts yelling with pain. I look across at him and I see a red bulbous mass where his nose was (is?). HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!!!!!!
Chris:
Well, I must be lucky if I can idle mine on a sunny 90 degree day, in my driveway, with the hood closed, for 50+ minutes (after op temp is reached), before it will actually boil over. I only did this once.......it was a one time only test. My car is a BLACK car, which compounds the heat loading, AND my driveway is blacktop.
As I have been saying all along, this situation is normal, even with a healthy engine, tuned properly, new DeWitts, 50/50 mix, new hoses, rad cap, pump, fan clutch, etc. Turn off the a/c, open the windows, turn heater on and blower to "hi", shift to neutral and rev the engine slightly. Put an ice bag on your head.
I remember many nightmares from the late fifties to mid seventies, about cars pulled over to the roadside in summer beach traffic to Jones Beach. This used to be quite common until the engineers started to over design the marginal cooling systems of pre emissions cars. Emission controls added more heat load, and so, forced the issue.
One such war story comes to mind....some of you might enjoy it. In 1978, myself and 3 buddies embarked on a cross country oddysey in a '73 Dodge Maxivan (360 CID), which we picked up for $700.00. One of the crew had just had a broken nose reset, the week before. So here we are, somewhere between Boron CA and Badwater, in the heart of Death Valley, when the damn temp gauge starts climbing in the 115 degree heat. I remove the engine cover, open the windows, turn the heater on full high, and the temp stabilizes. My friend with the "nose" starts yelling with pain. I look across at him and I see a red bulbous mass where his nose was (is?). HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!!!!!!
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