Re: Help with overheating scout!!!!?!??!!!!

[Jeff Taylor <jbtaylor@domain.elided>]

I knew a guy (not a very bright one) in high school that spent several months
butchering an MG Midget to put in a Buick V6. Turns out the radiator fill neck
was quite a bit lower than the engine. He drove it about 10 miles down the
highway (said it went like a bat out of hell) until the engine overheated and
siezed up. That story always cracks me up.

Jeff

Tom Harais wrote:
> 
> Steve:
> 
> > Then as I fill I have someone hold the hose straight up.  This lets air
> > out the block.  when I have all it will take, it shows up in the clear
> > hose, I suck **very gently** on the clear hose and usually quite a bit of
> > air will bubble out ot the block.  Keep this up till no longer effective.
> >
> Not a bad idea! Lot's of the newer cars where the top of the radiator is
> set lower than the top of the head or engine block, like my Honda, have
> a provision vis-a-vis a valve mounted at a high point on the block or
> head that is used to bleed air from the cooling system after a
> flush/refill. You wouldn't believe how many "professional mechanics"
> I've queried who don't know about this or think it is important. Truth
> is, air will get caught in the high points of the head and you won't get
> as stable head temperatures on the aluminum head as the manufacturer
> intended unless you get that air out.
> 
> Oh well. It's as Landry likes to say, "Read the manual!"
> 
> Tom H.