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Hello, I am a fleet manager with a transportation company needing a mechanic who can work on our Super 8. Foam is coming out of the radiator, but not over heating. We need this beauty worked on ASAP for we are using for weddings and special occassions. We are located in nashville, TN. We will have vehicle transported were ever the mechanic is. Please let me know whos out there and any info would be appreciated. Skip Hicks 615.785.9441 or shicks@grandavenuelimo.com. Thanks guys!!!

Check the oil level! Perhaps the oil cooler (heat exchanger) has sprung a leak. Since when running the oil pressure is higher that the coolant pressure, oil leaks into the coolant and foams. It will be easier to remove the heat exchanger and send it out for repair than to send the entire car. The heat exchanger can be checked for leaks just like to check a tire for leaks; pressurize it with air and put it under water and look for bubbles.

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To Skip Hicks,

Foam in the cooling system is also a sign of a leaky head gasket. Teh hint on tholi cooler is correct only if it is a 30-32 Super 8 or Eight Deluxe. If it is a 40-50 Super 8 there is no oil cooler.

Good info, Fred. I've corresponded with Skip, and he says it's a 1935 Standard Eight.

Teh hint on tholi cooler is correct only if it is a 30-32 Super 8 or Eight Deluxe.

Fred - please explain what you meant by that. Oil coolers were used on the Senior Eights starting in 1934 with the ungraded oiling system (full-flow filter, finned rod caps, etc.) and used (I'm pretty sure) thru the end of the 320/385 engine run.

And yes, a blown head gasket is another possibility, probably more likely than the heat exchanger. I guess the reason I looked on the oil cooler as a culprit is that it has happened to me and to most 1934 Eight and Super Eight owners - hence the cooler redesign in 1935. Getting all that oil out of your radiator and engine is a nasty, prolonged job!!

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I wasn't sure if the oil cooler started in 33 or 34 adn was gong to exclude the 30-32 in my note, but with the interrupting phone calls etc I lost track and included only 30-32.

Poster said he had a Super 8 which technically could not be a 30-32 which were Eight Deluxes if 384" engine. Turns out he had a Standard Eight, which isn;t a Standard but actually an Eight. Enough technicalities, my bet is on a blown head gasket but could be the oil cooler ??

Fred, to help you when you're multitasking:

34 - first year for oil cooler & full-flow filter
34 - last year for babbitt rod bearings
34 - second and last year for NorthEast dual coil equipment.
34 - last year for metal inner tube valve stems

Very easy tester to use to check for leaking head gasket, cracked block or head.

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