[DeTomaso] I blew up my car

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Interesting point.  I went back to the garage after having my lovely 
wife try to cool me off for a bit (bless her).  I purchased a nice point 
and shoot laser/IR thermometer from Napa last weekend just so I could 
monitor the temps.  (now you know how I was able to get the accurate 
temps.)...

anyway.. .back to the story.  I slid my tiny butt under the car with the 
temp gun and measured the pipes and connections from the radiator back 
to the block.  Starting at the radiator it was about 80 still, 
increasing to about 89 toward the rear with almost 95 or so near the 
block.  Warmer on the passenger side (feed TO radiator), cooler on the 
drivers side (feed FROM radiator).

Coolant flow as being blocked, question is where and why.  I know the 
radiator had fluid to the top, as I bled it from the opposite top 
corner, and the system was full to the brim.  I ran it for about five 
minutes Sunday, just long enough to see the carb was leaking like a 
sieve.  I put a reseal kit through the carb last night and was going to 
finish bleeding the system tonight.  I topped off the swirl tank from 
Sunday's run in the air and well we know the rest of that story.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
    
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Paul Timko wrote:
> That's awful.  I'm stunned.  The only thing that makes any sense is that 
> you weren't getting any coolant flow to the radiator or possibly out of 
> the block.
>
> The water pump input temperature can only be due to the conducted heat 
> from the engine.  There's no way that the water from the radiator was 
> picking up heat between the radiator and the water pump.
>
> Paul
> #9270
>
> Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
>   
>> That's it.... .I'm done.
>>
>> Entire cooling system hooked back up and pressure tested to 18 lb. no 
>> leaks.  New Flow Kooler pump.  Sucker fans on radiator, both thermo 
>> switches on radiator tested to their stamped value.  Heater hoses hooked 
>> up with shut-off valves in open position.  Filled it with coolant, 
>> jacked the rear of the car up and ran it.  After about 10 minutes of 
>> running, output at the thermostat > 280 degrees, input at the water pump 
>> ~ 150 degrees.  Temperature at the radiator 80 degrees.
>>
>> I can hear the radiator cap straining.
>>
>> Output temp approaching 300 degrees, input remaining the same, radiator 
>> remaining the same
>>
>> The overflow, now plumbed behind the rear wheel, is steaming like mad.
>>
>> BANG!
>> The overflow bottle BLOWS UP.  (it was an inexpensive Summit plastic one 
>> thank God)
>>
>> Radiator fans never came on, never even approached their switch 
>> temperature. 
>>
>> I am about tired of this sh**.
>>
>>
>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>>
>> & Shelley Marie
>> Spokane, WA
>>
>> 1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
>> 1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
>>     
>> ******************************     
>> http://www.asajay.com
>> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
>>   
>>
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