The outlet from the engine is on the top near the exhaust cam. Cheers Feral Errol ---------- From: Geordie Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: SR20 water hoses Date: Monday, July 31, 2000 8:42 Which one does the water get pumped out of the engine from?? Are you using a overflow bottle? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2000 7:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SR20 water hoses Geordie He has got the hoses on the wrong way! It should be the other way round, thats how mine are and I don't have any problems at all. Peter Geordie Smith wrote: > That's quite funny that he had so many problems. He's sucking either hot > water if there's any at the top of the radiator or hot air through the motor > instead of water.. Hmm.. Maybe somebody should politely tell him... :) > > Well, You learn by other people's mistakes... :) > > Maybe because the thermostat is on the inlet that he got confused.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pete & Kath > Liebig > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 11:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: SR20 water hoses > > Geordie, > > At the risk of confusing this matter completely : > > The guy with the roadster has had MAJOR problems with overheating. He has > emailed me numerous times. The head has been off repeatedly and last time I > spoke to him he was so fed up that he was going to pull the SR and put the > standard engine back in! So that doesn't bide well for having the inlet on > the top. > > Having said that, my SR is set up exactly the same (but with N13 rad) and it > has never had an overheating problem. Ever. Not even a bit. None. Zero. Cool > as. > > Maybe it is just because my rad uses an overflow bottle, so it is always > full to the top, so never sucks any air. I totally agree with what Luke said > though. It makes good sense. Best I keep my rad full up!! > > 'later > PL > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Geordie Smith > Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 15:29 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: SR20 water hoses > > Sounds like logic to me too. But check out this link. This dude has put it > on back to front... I wonder if he's getting air bubbles?? > > http://www.rp.csiro.au/~ksmart/dsd/projectsr20.html > > Then again, the S14 manual says the inlet is an outlet... and the outlet is > an outlet... > > The manual also shows the thermostat where the inlet should be... > > I suppose the real question is.. "Is too much information dangerous?" > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Luke Clough > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 7:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SR20 water hoses > > My response to that would be that the water would be pumped from the bottom > of > the motor (so that it always has a solid head of water to pump from ie no > air) > to the top so the water outlet would be at the top (regardless of which side > of > the motor) and should be connected to the top of the radiator and vice versa > for > the bottom. Though I haven't got an sr20 yet. > > Luke Clough > > Geordie Smith wrote: > > > Just a dumb question. > > > > In every magazine I have picked up, the SR20's that have been installed > have > > the hoses taking water from the motor to the radiator on the passenger > side > > top and of course with the inlet to the motor going from the bottom right > > driver's side. > > > > While examining the S14 workshop manual, the hoses are to go the other way > > around... > > > > YIKES.. HELP.. somebody.... > > > > -- > Buck... > > _______________________ > > Luke Clough > Monash University > internal 56219 > external 990 56219 > <Corrupted Inc.> > _______________________ > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
