Overheating Issue
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AND - what kind of meadow muffin dealies do you have sticking through that radiator? Looks like 4 stick'um through-ers there...are they holding something on the front?
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Correct - no clutch fan. Shroud looks ok. From the picture, your radiator bottom looks a bit rugged - any corrosion anywhere?
AND - what kind of meadow muffin dealies do you have sticking through that radiator? Looks like 4 stick'um through-ers there...are they holding something on the front?
AND - what kind of meadow muffin dealies do you have sticking through that radiator? Looks like 4 stick'um through-ers there...are they holding something on the front?
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what is vacuum advance? and is there any tests I can perform to see if there is something wrong with it and also lean carb? I can check the timing.
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Correct - no clutch fan. Shroud looks ok. From the picture, your radiator bottom looks a bit rugged - any corrosion anywhere?
AND - what kind of meadow muffin dealies do you have sticking through that radiator? Looks like 4 stick'um through-ers there...are they holding something on the front?
AND - what kind of meadow muffin dealies do you have sticking through that radiator? Looks like 4 stick'um through-ers there...are they holding something on the front?
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Those part numbers I gave are for the thermostats that have the internal bypass blockoff. CHECK THIS! It is a cheap way to be sure. I have ran a lot of engines with no spring in the bottom hose and they ran fine. I don't think that this is necessarily your first place to look. If the coolant can't circulate (thermostat) no amount of fans will keep it cool. You can pull a plug or two and check the color. This will atleast tell if there is a lean condition or way too much timing. If they are white then correct that.
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Take a air hose and blow it through all the fins to clean everything out. A good way to tell if you have something stuck in your cooling system is to remove the radiator cap and see if you an see the coolant circulating when its running.
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You could try flushing your radiator...they have a bottle treatment at parts store you dump in the radiator and let it run for 20-30 minutes then empty the radiator...or get it professionally cleaned...they take it apart and clean it all.
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I was thinking possibly timing as well...vacuum advance is on your distributer its the small round canister with a vacuum hose attached to it(you have a picture of it in the pic you took of the fan). Sometimes the spring will wear out advancing the timing too much.
Agreed...but, if the timing was advanced too much, would there not be some detonation heard under load? Have you heard any of that dreaded 'pinging' when you punch it?
You could try flushing your radiator...they have a bottle treatment at parts store you dump in the radiator and let it run for 20-30 minutes then empty the radiator...or get it professionally cleaned...they take it apart and clean it all.
Agreed...but, if the timing was advanced too much, would there not be some detonation heard under load? Have you heard any of that dreaded 'pinging' when you punch it?
You could try flushing your radiator...they have a bottle treatment at parts store you dump in the radiator and let it run for 20-30 minutes then empty the radiator...or get it professionally cleaned...they take it apart and clean it all.
Then, I would flush the radiator first - by itself - add a little food coloring in a bucket of water just to see the flow, then flush again 'till clear. Then the motor - pull the thermostat and check it (mentioned above), then flush it.
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