-
Hi Guest!
You can help ensure that British Car Forum (BCF) continues to provide a great place to engage in the British car hobby! If you find BCF a beneficial community, please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription.
There are some perks with a member upgrade!**Upgrade Now**
(PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Hey - did you know if you click on the title of a thread it will take you to the first unread post since you last visited that thread?
but were afraid to ask: 
STOP!! Never post your email address in open forums. Bots can "harvest" your email! If you must share your email use a Private Message or use the 
smilie in place of the real @
Pretty Please - add it to our Events forum(s) and add to the calendar! >> 
Ping Creatrixx. What's up with the head work?
- Thread starter dklawson
- Start date
Share this page
Creatrixx
Jedi Hopeful
Offline
Hi! Well, we replaced the head and cleaned out the block and in doing all of this, a small rubber ring got damaged on the carburetor. So, it was leaking gas onto the exhaust. Woo. Well, we fixed that and now it's... drivable. ish. I'll post my issue in a separate post so I can pull ideas from other people as well.
Creatrixx
Jedi Hopeful
Offline
Oh yeah, and it was still overheating just a little when driving through the city on an 80 degree day without the supplementary electric fan running. But it never got bad enough that we felt we needed to turn the fan on, but I don't get why after replacing the head, cleaning out the block, putting on a high pressure water pump and putting in a super 2 core radiator why it would overheat at all.
aeronca65t
Great Pumpkin
Offline
What thermostat are your running?
I would think 180F would be fine....but I would not go any higher.
While not technically a "fix", a 165F thermostat might give you a bit more "cushion" in terms of hot-running.
Also, check your coolant mix.....no more than 50% anti-freeze. Anti-freeze does not reject heat as well as water, so if you run too much of it in the ratio, the car may run hot.
I would think 180F would be fine....but I would not go any higher.
While not technically a "fix", a 165F thermostat might give you a bit more "cushion" in terms of hot-running.
Also, check your coolant mix.....no more than 50% anti-freeze. Anti-freeze does not reject heat as well as water, so if you run too much of it in the ratio, the car may run hot.