Hello mick, Wouldnt running a hose from the pump outlet to the fitting on the engine circulate all the hot water arround from the water pump and back into the motor, bypassing the radiator and thermo?
Friday, February 01, 2002, 8:33:42 AM, you wrote: mr> Terry and Zac mr> Thanks for ur responses. It really is an interesting problem.. And quite mr> unusual i think... normally we are always looking at OVER heating not UNDER mr> heating! mr> The new thermostat was tested thoroughly and opens and closes as per spec. mr> The heater is installed but not connected. mr> The bypass/heater hoses are just joined together ie a hose runs from the mr> heater outlet near the water pump back to the heater fitting on the back of mr> the engine.. Any problems with this set up? mr> There is no bypass under the thermostat. mr> I have an expansion tank set up on the radiator if this might make a mr> difference. mr> I didn't get the chance to test whether blocking off part of the radiator mr> helps the problem but I am about to do so today. I will block about a third mr> of the radiator and see what happens. mr> Cheers mr> Mick -- Best regards, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
