Re: 1950 Packard 288 Auto overheating HELP

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2010/1/26 22:04:28

Rusty is giving excellent advice there, don't underestimate the importance of the integrity of the water distribution tube. It has a very important job to do. I have seen cars where there was so much rust built up inside the cooling passenges that the only fix was to disassemble the engine, chem strip the block and heads (which is an essential part of any engine rebuild, don't just settle for the parts store "hot tank" job) then reassemble. Myself, and others like to coat the now spotlessly bare cooling passenges with epoxy primer to keep them for rusting again. Put it back together, and the thing can't and won't run anywhere but where the thermostat tells it to run. I hope you don't have to do this, look at the tube, know its condition for sure.