Re: IML: 73 overheating disovery!

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

Suggest that you remove the lower hose on the radiator
and try filling it with the garden hose through the
hole on the top.  

If it overflows at the top when the hose is going full
current, then you have confirmed that the radiator is
partially or totally blocked.  


You can remove a radiator and have it "rodded", where
they remove the tanks and push a metal rod through the
vertical water channels.  Cost me $150 or so, and that
was likely high due to the high rents around here.

Have them pressure test it while they have it.  If
they discover a leak that needs fixing, that would be
about right for a radiator of your car's vintage.  Ask
about recoring and compare to rodding for cost.  A
recored radiator with new metal beats a rodded one if
you have the extra money to spend.  That way you don't
have to touch your radiator again for another 30
years.

Water pump is something like $40 and 1-2 hours, but
unless it's leaking, it's unlikely to be "bad", since
the shaft spins the impeller directly and leaks are
the normal problem that causes replacement.

You're rounded third here....

-K

--- jhplc@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Checked the radiator for hot and cool spots, and the
> top is hot, the bottom is cold, which means either
> the water pump is bad..(it's 2 years old), or the
> radiator is bad, according to the repair
> sections....any ideas on what it is..(don't want to
> replace both!!)..need money for Christmas gifts yet!
> 
> Jerry 


Kenyon Wills
 
 






















 
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