joseph m. hahnl
06-26-2005, 08:30 PM
i took the minx out sat. was running great. temp stayed below 100 degrees
then the expansion bottle fell off. and it starting pissing out the radiator"heat exchanger" expansion port . i put it back on and filled her back up with anti freeze.
she was still running hot @ 150. i opened her up to get the coolant flowwing dropped a little in temp. then all of a sudden "bang" i thought i blew the motor she came of plane was running on only a few cylinders. i shut her down. open the hatch. and steam just pored out. the lower manifold hose burst. i had her towed back to the landing. today i cut off the split reconnected it filled her up with coolant and water. started her up and let her idle. the motor was okay. the wires must have grounded from all the steam and being wet" good thing"
but she started over heating. seams as if the coolant isn't circulating thru the motor. i,m not sure if the thermostat may be obstructed or the water pump orifices in the block may be obstructed. when i fill the heat exchanger it fills very slow ." i"m kind disliking closed cooling about now" i'm sure once i get the bugs out it will be fine. , i am going to take the thermostat out and see if she stays cool.
joe
then the expansion bottle fell off. and it starting pissing out the radiator"heat exchanger" expansion port . i put it back on and filled her back up with anti freeze.
she was still running hot @ 150. i opened her up to get the coolant flowwing dropped a little in temp. then all of a sudden "bang" i thought i blew the motor she came of plane was running on only a few cylinders. i shut her down. open the hatch. and steam just pored out. the lower manifold hose burst. i had her towed back to the landing. today i cut off the split reconnected it filled her up with coolant and water. started her up and let her idle. the motor was okay. the wires must have grounded from all the steam and being wet" good thing"
but she started over heating. seams as if the coolant isn't circulating thru the motor. i,m not sure if the thermostat may be obstructed or the water pump orifices in the block may be obstructed. when i fill the heat exchanger it fills very slow ." i"m kind disliking closed cooling about now" i'm sure once i get the bugs out it will be fine. , i am going to take the thermostat out and see if she stays cool.
joe