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roccaas · 05-01-2013, 11:52 AM

Car starts dependably enough to drive daily if I had to.

Saturday it won't start: good on starter, hot spark, gas at carb, air at carb. Mess with GAV and choke. She spins but won't catch-very weird.

I had back flushed the radiator and block the week before and filled with distilled water, car ran fine then.

Under hood I notice water leak where I didn't tighten hose clamp on lower hose.

Add 2.5 gallons of distilled water! Almost everything had drained out in 1 week, but dried up on concrete floor. Radiator was empty.

Car cranks on first turn.

Did Henry add a "low coolant" sensor to keep the car from starting?

How does the coolant system thwart the ignition system?

Stumped, but I did fix the hose clamp and all the water's staying put now!

05-01-2013, 11:52 AM	#1
roccaas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,300	"No Coolant; No Start" Model A Bob Marley Car starts dependably enough to drive daily if I had to. Saturday it won't start: good on starter, hot spark, gas at carb, air at carb. Mess with GAV and choke. She spins but won't catch-very weird. I had back flushed the radiator and block the week before and filled with distilled water, car ran fine then. Under hood I notice water leak where I didn't tighten hose clamp on lower hose. Add 2.5 gallons of distilled water! Almost everything had drained out in 1 week, but dried up on concrete floor. Radiator was empty. Car cranks on first turn. Did Henry add a "low coolant" sensor to keep the car from starting? How does the coolant system thwart the ignition system? Stumped, but I did fix the hose clamp and all the water's staying put now! __________________ 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Steve Jobs, and Bob Hope. Now we have no Cash, no Jobs, and no Hope...please don't let Kevin Bacon die!