Terry, hehe yeh they sure are grumpy when cold, specially my mates L20 rally 1600, with big cam and twin 45's hehehhe, but yeh i dont want to be the one to tell the owner :( hehe
James --- "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >James, > >The standard thermostat is 82C or 180F and that indicates just to the left >of the E on the late model dash. Some gauges have a line there and some >don't. On an early model dash I just forget where normal is, just to the >left of vertical at an educated guess but I'm just not sure on that one, >it's a long time since I was in a flip flopper. It's quite normal for the >Temp gauge to move around about a 1/8" or so in either direction, especially >if you have thermo fans etc. The voltage regulator in the 1600 dash isn't >too flash either as it allows voltage fluctuations, turning lights on/off, >heater on/off etc, but basically somewhere around the E is close enough. An >L engine will run right up to P without any dramas, - we used to use Ford >192F thermostats in the rally engines all day with triple core radiators and >the piddliest fan we could find and never had any dramas with them but these >engines weren't idling in stop/start city traffic. We also found the L18 was >the coolest running block of the L engines as they had a lot more water >capacity than the L16, but a worked L20B also tends to strain the average >1600 cooling system a bit. Just don't run it cold, L engines are very grumpy >when cold. > >regards >Terry > >-----Original Message----- >Wrom: MKHJYFMYXOEAIJJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZ >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Morrison >Sent: Friday, 12 July 2002 10:57 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: water probs > > >terry, > Okay, i'll run it tomorrow and once it gets to temp i'll take cap off >and watch for bubbles, just out of curiosity whats the best standard running >temp to have? and what do L20's and L18's run at (or should run at i should >say?) > >Cheers >James > >--- "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>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----- >>Wrom: VZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHYUCDDJBLVLMHAALPTC >>[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 >> >> > >_____________________________________________________________ >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 > > _____________________________________________________________ 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
