Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Solution

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

I've put Clyde in touch with a friend who is extremely over qualified so he's in good hands (Let's say top 5 race motor engineers on the planet who just happens to be a TR owner and a one time Enzo Ferrari and Paul Roesch employee). It'll get resolved.... Or he'll be buying beer for years!

  I think you are both sitting right on the edge of this issue.  

Yes, radiators are notorious for going sour in a non-linear fashion.  Once they start to load up, they don't dissipate heat as well, the additional heat soak causes more build-up, causes more heat, causes more build-up...  vicious cycle once it starts.   Not saying that's the case here, but it's a known failure mode.  

As we all know, motors are nothing more than air pumps and heat generators... Nature of the beast.   Obviously there were "tired" issues with Clyde's old motor.  New motor runs better.   Ergo, more air pumping, more heat being generated.  I suspect that if there is a rad problem, there was enough new heat load from the new motor to tip the balance on the system.  

Not so much that the rads just went sour, the new motor may have caused it.   

Seen it time and time again at the race track, hot rods, tuner cars.   Just because the Lake Erie radiator you have in the car worked great on the old motor, doesn't mean it will work on the new motor.  

But, there are a litany of options being discussed, this is step one.   Doing a scour flush can't hurt a healthy system and if it does expose a problem then it's a problem better found than lurking.  

Rick

On Jun 16, 2015, at 6:55 AM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:

That's why I think it is more heat transfer related with the engine.  Where is the temp sensor positioned on the 512TR?

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Peter Pless <ferrarilist [at] pless.com.au> wrote:

Can you explain something to me…..if it’s only just started doing it since the new engine went in, why would it be the radiators all of a sudden? Surely they don’t just fail overnight, do they?

 

 

 

From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+ferrarilist=pless.com.au [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Clyde Romero
Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2015 10:14 PM
To: Peter Pless
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Solution

 

Guys decide to do a major cooling system flush and check the car temps

If this doesn't solve it I will replace both radiators 

That's where I think the problem is anyway after 20 plus years and over 100k miles on them the thermal efficiency has most likely gone down a little just enough to make the temps rise 

Re torquing the heads is not advised as per the book and many I have passed this suggestion too.

Will keep the list informed 

I messed up 

While I had the engine out I should have done this, so take heed.

I did everything else why not that!

I could have had a V8(TV commercial)

Later guys gotta go fly 

 

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In defeat you need it!

 

     

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