[tcb] Re: running hot
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:55:02 -0700 (PDT)
Don't use Duct tape, you will never get it off. stop by the hardware store and
get some sticky back foam used on doors and make a fake seal for it.
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: it's there for the most
part. i don't, however, think the bottom peice is on
there. and i never thought about that before but that might be where some of
my heat is comming from. i will duct tape it shut and see how she runs. :D
>From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
>Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:32:10 -0400
>
>Does your decklid have the seal? I found on mine when running without that
>seal it causes it to run quite a bit hotter as well, particularly the
>bottom piece.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:23 AM
>Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
>
>
>man it has the triangle peice and the little duct thingy that blows the hot
>air outside the engine compartment. all the tin is there i made sure of it
>and compared 3 times with the book. even a couple of peices folks said i
>didn't need are in that booger.
>
> >From: Mark Sawyer
> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
> >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:13:11 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >The dizzy being 180 out will cause it to run hotter. what type of
>doghouse >are you running. If your running an offset cooler, did you get
>the cooler >exhaust thru the sheet metal or is it blowing ontop of the #3
>cylinder tin?
> >
> >Brian Denning wrote: also it seemed to of
> >started when i put the correct peice of tin on the rear
> >of the motor and put thehose that goes from the oil bath filter down to
>by
> >the heat exchanger. could hot air comming in from that hose cause it to
>run
> >hotter? like a detonation kinda thing?
> >
> >
> > >From: Mark Sawyer
> > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
> > >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:44:42 -0700 (PDT)
> > >
> > >I agree, I would check the timing more than anything. Also check to
>make
> > >sure a cleaning rag didn't get sucked into the fan. I have never heard
>of
> > >having the windows open having anything to do with engine temp. Did you
> >get
> > >the distributor and distributor drive installed correctly?
> > >
> > >wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote: I ride with my jalousies open all the time, in
> > >rush hour even. No problem here. That bus with a new motor should do 65
> >all
> > >day long.
> > >
> > > I suggest a tuning problem, assuming all your tin is there. Adjust
>your
> > >valves, check your timing, points, etc.
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Sent: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 9:28 AM
> > >Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
> > >
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> > >new.
> > >
> > > >From: "Brian Denning"
> > > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >Subject: [tcb] running hot
> > > >Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:23:58 -0500
> > > >
> > > >so i put my tires on yesterday. took hershey out for a test
>drive...man
> > >the >8 ply's make a world of difference. got it up to 65 hard to
>maintain
> > > >though(need to run the valves).
> > > >
> > > >question though. the bus was running hot, like i couldn't touch the
> > > >dipstick kinda hot. here is the theory could me having the jalousie
> > >windows >open driving down the interstate cause it to get hot? i have
> >heard
> > >this >before. all the cool air goes into the bus instead of into the
> >engine
> > > >compartment. oh not to mention that it was 98 degrees outside with a
> >heat
> > > >index of 104. but, could closing the jalousie windows help it get
>more
> > >cool >air?
> > > >
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