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01-26-2018, 09:53 PM | #41 |
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Re: Help with radiator cap spray
BUT, with a GOOD sealing cap, there should NEVER be spray from the cap. It would go out the overflow tube. Run a wire down the tube, to make SURE it's OPEN! "Sometimes" Mud Daubers or Leaf Rollers will plug them up! Same "sometimes" happens, when you store hose or Copper Tubing in your shop. Plug the hoses with Golf Ts & bend the ends over, on Copper Tubing! (TIP# 121)
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01-26-2018, 10:39 PM | #42 |
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I recently put a thermo Quail cap on my coupe , it did the same thing as described, had never leaked before with regular cap so I knew it was the quail. I was able to stop the leaking around the cap base by putting a bead of 'The Right Stuff" over the gasket area before installing the base. then let it cure and no more spitting. One thing that I learned in my other life as a drag racer is that a water and antifreeze mix expands considerably more than plain water when heated. On a hard pull the temp in the block will certainly be highest with the coolant taking up its most volume due to expansion . With the block full of coolant (antifreeze/water) I doubt there are steam pockets since boiling would be something like 265 deg. You can imagine that top tank nearly brim full at higher rpms and with the coolant expansion from heat.
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01-27-2018, 09:16 AM | #43 | |
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01-28-2018, 03:29 AM | #45 |
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I have a moto-meter that works (tested it), and it indicates that my engine is not overheating.
I had the same problem with my shiny-new Moto-Meter. Added a thicker O-ring to supplement the gasket and windshield remains clean now. For your stripped screw problem - Drill the head of the screw off.
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01-28-2018, 08:14 AM | #46 |
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A Friend, in a NEW '55 Chev, broke a R/F coil spring, down in the Desert & sideled into Santa Rosa, New Mexico! I jist bought a 4 pack of AAA Batteries & one was STONE DEAD!!! Bill Dark
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Re: Help with radiator cap spray
not to hijack but who decided drill bits should be right handed? Yes left handed drill bits generally drill so far then really bite into the screw your drilling out and come unthread.
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