Re: Hot Spider

["Sidney L. Trest" <sltrest@domain.elided>]

Ken,

Thanks. I'll bleed the system and see if that does the trick.

Sid

On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 11:50:30 -0500 "Ken Ross" <Kdross@domain.elided> writes:
> Sounds like you have air in your cooling system.  You will have to 
> bleed the
> air.
> 
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Ken Ross
> Kdross@domain.elided
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf 
> Of
> Sidney L. Trest
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 7:05 AM
> To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: Hot Spider
> 
> Need some help with diagnosis. The weather in Texas has been getting 
> into
> the mid 80's. Whenever I run my 86 Spider on the freeway for any 
> length
> of time the water temp rises into the 220 - 225 degree range. This 
> is way
> too hot but technically it has never "overheated" (pegged the meter 
> and
> warning light on). Another observation is when the car cools, the 
> upper
> radiator hose collapses flat, when I open the radiator cap it 
> expands
> again. This shouldn't be happening either. The coolant doesn't seem
> particularly dirty or flakey but probably could be changed. About 9
> months ago, a local shop replaced the thermostat. Could an incorrect 
> or
> faulty thermostat cause this? Is this a system obstruction? Any help
> would be appreciated.
> Sid
> Houston
> '86 Spider Veloce
> 
> 

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