[DeTomaso] First drive of 2015, new thermostat?

[Charles McCall]

If your temp gauge is wired into your engine block like it should be, then
your temp gauge will tell you if it is really overheating or not. Just
because it burped coolant doesn't mean the engine is too hot - it could be
that the system is slightly overfilled, and as it warms up it expands and
pukes out what it doesn't need. It would do this at normal operating
temperature.

Thinking about it, your engine would overheat if your thermostat was stuck
closed. If your thermostat were stuck closed, coolant wouldn't circulate.
If it doesn't circulate, it probably wouldn't overflow. So even assuming
that your engine really is overheating, it would probably not be a
thermostat, it would be something else like timing.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Michael Cox <coxmichaelt at gmail.com> wrote:

>    So I finally got the car out of the garage for its first drive of the
>    year. A
>    couple of laps around the block and everything went fine. When I turned
>    the car off I heard some gurgling but thought nothing of it. Walking
>    around the back of the car I noticed a small amount of coolant had
>    burped
>    out after I stopped in the garage.
>    Since the car wasn't really up to full operating temp I'm guessing the
>    thermostat is stuck closed, sound reasonable to you guys (and gals)?
>    Anything else I should check out?
>    A  A --mike
>
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   If your temp gauge is wired into your engine block like it should be,
   then your temp gauge will tell you if it is really overheating or not.
   Just because it burped coolant doesn't mean the engine is too hot - it
   could be that the system is slightly overfilled, and as it warms up it
   expands and pukes out what it doesn't need. It would do this at normal
   operating temperature.
   A
   Thinking about it, your engine would overheat if your thermostat was
   stuck closed. If your thermostat were stuck closed, coolant wouldn't
   circulate. If it doesn't circulate, it probably wouldn't overflow. So
   even assuming that your engine really is overheating, it would probably
   not be a thermostat, it would be something else like timing.

   On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Michael Cox
   <[1]coxmichaelt at gmail.com> wrote:

     A  A So I finally got the car out of the garage for its first drive
     of the
     A  A year. A
     A  A couple of laps around the block and everything went fine. When
     I turned
     A  A the car off I heard some gurgling but thought nothing of it.
     Walking
     A  A around the back of the car I noticed a small amount of coolant
     had
     A  A burped
     A  A out after I stopped in the garage.
     A  A Since the car wasn't really up to full operating temp I'm
     guessing the
     A  A thermostat is stuck closed, sound reasonable to you guys (and
     gals)?
     A  A Anything else I should check out?
     A  A AA  A --mike
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