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Roy Taylor

02-05-2003 18:40:57




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I have a 1948 8N that is appearing to overheat. After running for 30 minutes or so and under a heavy work load, there is a gray oily liquid dripping from the top of the radiator. Can someone shed some light on my problem? Also, I am running a 12V conversion and now the engine won't fire. Thanks
Roy




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thats a new one . . . Dell (WA)

02-06-2003 00:04:47




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 Re: 8N Help in reply to Roy Taylor, 02-05-2003 18:40:57  
Roy..... .never heard of "gray water" except as it applies to your clothes washing machine discharge.

Howsomevers, its possible that the previous owner might have used some radiator anti-leak stuff like "Bars-Leak" which is alumnium looking. This could also be responsible for your "overheating".

You might also want to do a compression check to make certain that you don't have a bad cylinderhead gasket. That can also cause overheating.

My advice, be prepaired to byte the bullet for a new radiator. You can have the radiator pressure checked and flow tested at a good radiator shop. Unfortunately, the cost of a "re-core job" is usually more than a new replacement radiator.

As for your 12 volt conversion, some of that graywater could have gotten into your frontmount distributor and shorted out all your sparkies cap. Clean'em good. Oh yeah, loose alternator belt can also cause overheating..... ...Dell

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Gary

02-06-2003 04:03:39




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 Re: Re: 8N Help in reply to thats a new one . . . Dell (WA), 02-06-2003 00:04:47  
My experience would suggest that your head gasket is blown. Don't ask me how the oil gets in the water when the gasket blows, but, over the years, I have replaced several due to this (for customers)



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