<VV> Reading the dang manual ...

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

This is a good point, reading the manual and all ... Wish I had thought of 
that ...

I think I may have fallen victim to a high ph level in my coolant causing 
the head gasket to blow.

The ZX-2 that  I mentioned a few threads back (re eBay) went from 80+ mph, 
running beautifully (like it had for 130,000 miles before that (with zero 
repairs, except timing belt) died in a bout 10 seconds, without a groan. 
Just coasted to a stop, dead.

One diagnosis was the coolant, and apparently somewhere in the manual (I 
haven't found it yet) it says to change the water ?
What ?  Who in the world would change that ?  Oil OK, but water ?

Apparently, the ph corrodes the gasket, which starts thing boiling (this 
confounded thing uses water to cool it !)
Can you believe that ? Water ? Why ?  Air is free, and you don't have to 
change it (do you ?)

Here's another thing I heard about this : the water temp gauge actually 
measures the temperature of the water.
OK, that seems reasonable, until you think, "Hey, what if the water leaks 
out ?  Then what ?  There's no water to measure its temp, right ?"
Well, what I have heard is that that is the reason my temp gauge did not 
register "hot" - because when the water decides to be somewhere else, the 
temp sensor has nothing to measure and doesn't say "hot" - it just says 
"all's well."

Is this true ?

Wouldn't it make more sense to measure the temp of the head ?
Anyone know if this is true ?

I need to get a shop manual for this thing to find out the truth.

Later,
Chaz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AeroNed at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Electric Fuel Pump...


>
> In a message dated 2/7/2007 10:34:43 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> FrankCB at aol.com writes:
>
> This is  another good reason to at least skim  through the owner's manual
> when  you buy a new car.  I'm the only person I  know (besides son Jim) 
> who
> does that.
>
>
> Add me to your list, but I read it intently. Must be an engineer  thing...
>
> BTW My electric fuel pump has the hot side wired through a relay that 
> closes
> with ignition. The ground side goes through a Vega oil pressure switch. 
> The
> reason for the Vega switch is that it has both open with pressure and 
> closed
> with pressure. The closed with pressure goes to the pump and open with
> pressure  goes to the dash light. I want to also install a inertia switch 
> someday.
>
> Ned
> _______________________________________________
> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are 
> the property
> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
> mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
> http://www.corvair.org/
> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Change your options: 
> http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs
> _______________________________________________
>