Yes drastic changes in temperature result in metal warping and cracking - theresomething i learnt from mcdonalds hahahah. Because if you pour cold water (or even boiling water) on a hot grill (hot enough to cook a quarter pound of beef in 2 minutes), the temperature change will cause the grill to crack. Oh well i did it anyway, but it was on purpose :P j/k.
-James -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Terry Rudd Sent: Friday, 12 July 2002 10:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: water probs James, Doesn't sound too good does it. One thing you shouldn't do is add water to a hot engine when it's not running, or at least if you do then don't start the engine for a good 10 to 15 minutes or so. Rapid changes in temperature reeks havoc on metal components and head gaskets etc. It's quite normal for the water in a cooling system to expand a bit and spill over the radiator during warm up, especially if the thermostat is in good order. Once the thermostat has opened a couple of times everything settles down. It's at normal operating temperature that if bubbles in the radiator are expelled then it's a gorna. regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Morrison Sent: Friday, 12 July 2002 10:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: water probs terry, thanks. One thing i did notice was when i turned it off and filled up the radiator, it would rise out over the top (this was without the cap on) and about 30 seconds later a big bubble would come up and the water level would go below the cap (where its supposed to) and it repeated itself 3 or 4 times. Also when i got home and switched off the car there was a bubbleing and draining sound coming from the engine bay, thats when i knew it was in trouble :) ahhh i hate being the bearer of bad news!!! James _____________________________________________________________ Get Your free Ozdat Email Account ---> http://www.ozdat.com _____________________________________________________________ Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag --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]/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
