Mick, The family had a very relaxed xmas & new year, thankyou. We worked for a week or so after New Year as Ali was doing a riding school (4 legged) and then we were off to the South Coast for a couple of week of surfing and all the trimmings that go with it, eye strain included - very enjoyable and relaxing but we're all back to reality now for another year.
Someone on the list said that thermostats usually fail in the closed position - well that's not my experience as i've only ever had that happen once on the way to a race meet at Oran Park and when it happens you don't get very far. A hypo engine does put a fair bit of strain on the thermostat, when output demands are sustained at a high level then it will be asked to open up towards the upper limits of what they were designed for so a couple of years out of them is about all they're good for. In a climate like Canberra with extremes in both ends of the scale the thermostat gets a hard life even in the family stocker. regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mick ralph Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 12:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Radiators/UNDERheating? Hi ya Terry How was your xmas and new year? U were missing from here for a while.. I reckon the thermostat is stuck open but i'll pull it tommorrow and test it. I really 'feel' that the std gauge is correct and the engine temp is way low. let u know cheers Mick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 7:07 PM Subject: RE: Radiators/UNDERheating? > Mick, > > The short answer is no. The thermostat will regulate the coolant temperature > in the engine regardless of how big the radiator capacity is. If you're > running cool then the thermostat, gauge or bypass hoses are likely to be the > cause. All a larger capacity radiator does is give you an increased ability > to exchange heat into the atmosphere, it doesn't even extend the warm-up > time appreciably. > > regards > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mick ralph > Sent: Monday, 28 January 2002 1:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Radiators/UNDERheating? > > > Is it possible to have too much cooling ie not enough heat? > My stocky gauge never gets above 1/8 to 1/4 even after caning it > unmerilessly in QLD heat.Most of the time on the highway it barely moves off > the stop. > Would the thermostat be opening and closing more often to keep the temp up? > My radiator is huge and 3 core.. Maybe i should cover up a section? Remove > the fan blades? > Any thoughts? > Bit strange to be talking about underheating while i'm sitting here in > shorts sweating like a pig but I am concerned that for short sprints i may > be "over-radiatored". > cheers > Mick > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
