04-08-2020, 08:36 AM
Thank you all for your experiences and I take heart that I was not expecting too much of my car.
@ Mike - The radiator hasn't been re-cored in the 13 years I have owned the car. It looks pretty original and I use distilled water to reduce block corrosion.
My problems occured on Friday too, with a short run and a lot of traffic.
I lost considerable coolant, though probably only to the bottom level of the upper tank, the carb was flooding near the exhaust pipe and a lot of fluffing and backfiring.
The combination of the short run, heavy traffic and hot weather probably caused the engine overheat.
I am using super unleaded petrol but was unaware that petrol can boil?
Chris
@ Mike - The radiator hasn't been re-cored in the 13 years I have owned the car. It looks pretty original and I use distilled water to reduce block corrosion.
My problems occured on Friday too, with a short run and a lot of traffic.
I lost considerable coolant, though probably only to the bottom level of the upper tank, the carb was flooding near the exhaust pipe and a lot of fluffing and backfiring.
The combination of the short run, heavy traffic and hot weather probably caused the engine overheat.
I am using super unleaded petrol but was unaware that petrol can boil?
Chris