mick. I had the same problem in my 1971 510 wagon it wouldn't heat up at all. I used a mates thermometer and I had a total heat in my Radiator was only 45 degrees Celcius even after a huge thrashing. It had me stufffed. I fixed it eventally. I fitted a new aftermarket temp guage and took the thermostat housing of. Which I found the thermostat was a little small and had jammed in the housing sideways. And was letting the coolant jst flow through the engine and radiator. So I fitted the right spec thermostat and it now reached 80 celcius then the thermostat opens. the only thing is when it does my temp gage shows a huge drop in temp as my radiator is new aswell and the temp drops down to like 55 celcius. I have been told this can be a badthinng aswell so I am about to drill a tiny hole in the thermostat so a tiny amount of coolant gets through to the radiator hopefully fixing the huge drop in temp. I hope this helps you. Rick White. --- "mick ralph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is it possible to have too much cooling ie not enough heat? >My stocky gauge never gets above 1/8 to 1/4 even after caning it >unmerilessly in QLD heat.Most of the time on the highway it barely moves off >the stop. >Would the thermostat be opening and closing more often to keep the temp up? >My radiator is huge and 3 core.. Maybe i should cover up a section? Remove >the fan blades? >Any thoughts? >Bit strange to be talking about underheating while i'm sitting here in >shorts sweating like a pig but I am concerned that for short sprints i may >be "over-radiatored". >cheers >Mick > >
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