[DeTomaso] Pantera heating

[Mike Drew]

Fred,

Bad radiator cap, or corroded neck on the tank. US-spec caps don’t necessarily work well on the stock tanks which have a different Euro neck. 

You can spend $75-100 and a lot of pain to remove the tank and have a US neck brazed on by a radiator shop, of you can just buy a Euro-spec cap. Look for a cap for a ‘72 Ferrari or Alfa or Fiat....

Mike

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> On Jul 23, 2018, at 13:10, Fred Sweeney <fred at creekspeak.com> wrote:
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> My car displays about 185 degrees on the gauge, but after I drive it for a while, it seeps out of the radiator cap closest to the engine. Background: I drove the car in 90 degrees weather but it was at a reasonable highway speed for about 40 minutes. Virtually no city stop and go. After things cooled down I drove for about 10 minutes and no trouble this time.
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> I have the overflow tank next to it filled about 1/2 full. I measured the tank so not to overfill. It was filled while the engine is hot. I've read both versions of filling it. Think this is the right version. Other than that, the car runs fine. ANY IDEAS? Please email me because I'm really not good on computers. fred at creekspeak.com
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> Thanks in advance to all the Pantera gurus who have always helped me. Fred Sweeney
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