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 > > > > > > > > [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 > > 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/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! 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=136163613> 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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