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 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > -- Farrar Hudkins Announcer/Producer 89.9 WWNO FM New Orleans / 90.5 KTLN FM Thibodaux-Houma Live audio stream @ www.wwno.org Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1564415/R=0/SIG=11t6t7kdo/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6 0164784&partid=3170658> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1564415/rand=404833664> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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