Thread: Flathead repair
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Old 09-01-2019, 03:29 PM   #12
Ggmac
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Default Re: Flathead repair

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Originally Posted by jacob smith View Post
That I have not check but I have never seen oil in the radiator or water in the oil. Funny thing is if I turn the car off for 5 minutes and start it up it will run fine again but a couple of minutes later it will start acting up again. It also is not getting hot when it does this. The temp is right around 185. What ever the issue is seems to be something not related to heat because it is up to operating temp and runs fine. Seems to be something is giving out with time.
Check for blocked exhaust .
Use a vacuum gauge and if it starts dropping slowly at first then steady drop till dies .
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