Learned Alfisti, I bought my 1989 Spider Veloce in 2000 with around 80K miles. It currently has 107K on the odometer. Since the day I acquired it it has always run hot. Shortly after I got it I had the radiator re-cored, which helped considerably; a couple of years ago I had the radiator boiled out and had some minor leaks fixed. This helped as well. However, in the 13 years I've owned it, a three-hour trip was about its maximum cruising range before the temperature gauge approached the red zone. Then it would gradually get worse. This morning a 20-mile trip had the coolant boiling.
It does not lose coolant, and I see no evidence of the coolant mixing with the oil. The fan on the engine side of the radiator is fine, though the one in front of the AC radiator doesn't work. As far as I know the water pump has never been replaced. I would love to able to drive her for a couple of hours without having to worry about the temperature. Any suggestions on how to proceed? Joe -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
