Hi folks,
Upon returning from Bud's Roast, Gail began to give me problems again. Getting hot after so many miles. It's been a problem i have been chasing for a while.
The usual scenario is me driving Gail cross country somewhere. She'll drive fine 4 or 6 hours, and then, the water temperature begins to creep up ever so slightly. From a solid 200 degrees F for the first four or six hours @ 80 MPH, and then climbs to 210, then 220, then 240 and so on. If I pull over and check her out, the overflow bottle is usually full. Sometimes with the auxiliary fan on in most extreme cases (240 Deg plus).
The backfiring does come back when this happens. I can't even driver her past 50 miles because the engine just gives out. She he has made me pull over more than a handful. In the early days of the problem, I thought it was the cap losing pressure, so I got an 18 psi cap. It only delays the problem.
So given the latest episode, I decided to pull out the radiator. It is now being gone over. The folks found a crack on the solder to the left tank, which seems to validate the long periods of driving problem-free. But I am not stopping there. I am replacing the water pump (the old "might as well" syndrome lol). I'm also contemplating pulling the intake and reseal the intake to the heads. I'm have not decided 100% to do this yet, but if the radiator folks tell me that it did not have major problems, I'm guessing that the motor is working too hard.
It it is hard to believe, it has been nine years since I put the engine back together, so I am checking it out in case the gaskets have deteriorated from sitting in the garage.
That is the other thing. She seems to break down from long periods of un-use. And that is my fault. Four weeks ago I drove her to work, but in my drive way i found out that her tires were at 15 psi. Yikes!!! :ugh:ugh:ugh
So keep 'em driving. They are like us. Breakdown from non usage. Lol
Upon returning from Bud's Roast, Gail began to give me problems again. Getting hot after so many miles. It's been a problem i have been chasing for a while.
The usual scenario is me driving Gail cross country somewhere. She'll drive fine 4 or 6 hours, and then, the water temperature begins to creep up ever so slightly. From a solid 200 degrees F for the first four or six hours @ 80 MPH, and then climbs to 210, then 220, then 240 and so on. If I pull over and check her out, the overflow bottle is usually full. Sometimes with the auxiliary fan on in most extreme cases (240 Deg plus).
The backfiring does come back when this happens. I can't even driver her past 50 miles because the engine just gives out. She he has made me pull over more than a handful. In the early days of the problem, I thought it was the cap losing pressure, so I got an 18 psi cap. It only delays the problem.
So given the latest episode, I decided to pull out the radiator. It is now being gone over. The folks found a crack on the solder to the left tank, which seems to validate the long periods of driving problem-free. But I am not stopping there. I am replacing the water pump (the old "might as well" syndrome lol). I'm also contemplating pulling the intake and reseal the intake to the heads. I'm have not decided 100% to do this yet, but if the radiator folks tell me that it did not have major problems, I'm guessing that the motor is working too hard.
It it is hard to believe, it has been nine years since I put the engine back together, so I am checking it out in case the gaskets have deteriorated from sitting in the garage.
That is the other thing. She seems to break down from long periods of un-use. And that is my fault. Four weeks ago I drove her to work, but in my drive way i found out that her tires were at 15 psi. Yikes!!! :ugh:ugh:ugh
So keep 'em driving. They are like us. Breakdown from non usage. Lol
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