It does have an easier time of it in cooler weather, but the temperature gauge rides consistently north of 180, once 't's warmed up. Thermostat seems OK - I get a lot of hear, and the movement of the gauge is consistent with the thermostat opening appropriately.
Joe On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 6:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Here's one possibility. A small head gasket leak which is letting a small > amount of hot gas into the water jacket. > > Another is a partially blocked or stuck partly closed thermostat. Does it > act differently in cold weather? > > Bruce Sharer > 1750 & 2000 > Raleigh, NC > > In a message dated 6/2/2013 5:58:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > 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]
