Re: [DMCForum] totally off-topic question: 2000 Chevy Cavalier

["Jim Strickland" <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

some systems have circulator pumps that move water even after the engine
is turned off (i suppose until the thermostat closes).


On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:40:17 -0500 Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@xxxxxxx>
writes:
> Thanks, Dave. That's a bit of conventional wisdom I had never come 
> across!
> 
> Regards,
> Farrar "Way Too Sarcastic" Hudkins
> 
> Dave Stragand wrote:
> > Engines get HOTTER when you turn them off.  The water pump is not 
> moving
> > the water around, and the heat from the block will soak into the 
> coolant
> > after it's turned off.
> >  
> > My '58 Plymouth never overheats, but when the radiator is full, it
> > usually starts spitting out water on the ground within 2-3 minutes 
> of
> > turning it off. (no catch can on this old of a car)
> >  
> > Running an engine very lean can easily make it that hot that fast,
> > especially because the thermostat won't even begin to open on most 
> cars
> > until 185, so there isn't even any convection current cooling.
> >  
> > -Dave
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Strickland [mailto:ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:33 PM
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [DMCForum] totally off-topic question: 2000 Chevy 
> Cavalier
> > 
> > 
> > how did it get to 190 degrees if it will only run for 30 seconds?  
> You
> > don't make sense.  try again.
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
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