Re: Air Conditioning and engine temperature?

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2010/2/1 9:17:58

You might get away with just a supplimental electric fan in front of the radiator, those 22nd-23rd series radiators seem more than adequate to the thermal demands of the job. Having an engine that dissaptes heat well would be a prerequsite--make sure your cooling passenges are clean. Borden's used to make "Number 7" engine cooling system cleaner, an acid powder that you added to a dry radiator, then filled with water, ran until it was weall at temp, cooled off, drained then you poured in a second power rom another chamber in the paper container, it was a neturalizer. All kinds of funky brown crud would come out when you backflushed after using the acid powder, and in general, things ran much better, this was usually accompanied with a new thermostat and housing gasket, at the least, I would replace the upper and lower radiator hoses and heater hoses at this time too, not knowing their age or integrity.