Help please..water loss

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Fri Aug 18, 06 9:08 am

Now thats a smart way of doing it.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Aug 18, 06 9:10 am

If it was a head gasket (and it is not looking like that at the moment) then i always replace both rather than just the offending one because it is always worth doing a de-coke and valve lap given the chance.

vipergts · Post by **vipergts** » Fri Aug 18, 06 11:49 am

Well.....flushed it yesterday and run it up again today and there's no water loss other than finding it's level.

The real test will be on a hot day in the traffic.

I figured it can't be a problem with the size of rad when this car has lived all it's live in CA and I'm sure it's consistantly hotter there that Sevenoaks.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Aug 18, 06 12:14 pm

Fingers crossed that sorted it.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Fri Aug 18, 06 5:22 pm

I was in sevenoaks yesterday, picking up parts for my Fury.
Ightham, to be exact

vipergts · Post by **vipergts** » Fri Aug 18, 06 5:32 pm

well I never....I'm 2 miles on from Ightham...the next village.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Fri Aug 18, 06 5:51 pm

Borough green ?
Could have dropped by....oh well next time

vipergts · Post by **vipergts** » Sat Aug 19, 06 10:47 am

No Plaxtol.........Shout next time

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Aug 19, 06 11:03 am

Will do

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 19, 06 3:54 pm

vipergts wrote:I figured it can't be a problem with the size of rad when this car has lived all it's live in CA and I'm sure it's consistantly hotter there that Sevenoaks.

Next post will say

I have overheated in traffic

You might be ok, but if it's anything like mine (or most of ours I suspect) sitting in traffic for any length of time results in the temp gauge rising. And mine has a recored rad, decruded block and non leaking rad cap.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Aug 19, 06 6:16 pm

I had mine recored and a core added, the core is a iveco van core......with 10 fin per inch....it looks almost solid, there are so many fins....its not Ali.
but my cuda runs at 170 around town all day, 155-160 on the motorway and in traffic jams will rise to the shocking 185.... even when it threw a belt at the Pod i still drove it back to the pits and it only hit 205 and the pump wasnt working obviously.
I ket the Chrysler rad top and bottom just added the core plus an extra row so it 5 core.

Job done.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 19, 06 11:53 pm

Do you have a stock rad or stock fan?

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sun Aug 20, 06 12:26 am

Well no, if you read my post above....but almost
Stock rad top and bottom tank, recored with iveco truck core, and ali 6 blade flexi fan, no shroud, and a stock water pump (cast iron).
thats it.

Its the amount of FINS PER INCH that make the rad so efficient at cooling.
County Radiators in Hemel Hempstead,
Guy really knows his stuff.
Told him my problems with overheating and temps in various traffic conditions and he made it up for me.....told him i wanted to keep the Tanks to make it look stock. he also moved one of the hose connections across for the big block, as it was a small block rad to start with.