<VV> still puzzled heat

[Ron]

"Cooler is better"??  NO!  Warmed up to 250 or so is best.  A cold engine 
gets poor gas mileage and retains water in the oil.  That's why they 
invented thermostats and why Corvairs have shrouds on the underside.

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <sharpiebandit06 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Vair Club" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> still puzzled heat


> the passenger side is too warm, I think at least. the cooler the engine 
> runs the better right? and that the carb is letting too much air in when 
> the coil thermosat heats up in the head and opens up the valve, but when I 
> manually restrict the flow to match the cooler side, the car comes up to 
> 1000 rpm idle easy and steady.
>
> Charles   4/1/08
> -------------- Original message from "J R Read_HML" 
> <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>: -------------- 
>
>
>> Is the complaint that the right side is getting too warm or that the left
>> side is not getting as warm as it ought to?
>>
>> Later, JR
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From:
>> To: "Vair Club"
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:31 PM
>> Subject: still puzzled heat
>>
>>
>> > Hey all,
>> > I was the one who had the questioned entitled 'puzzled heat'. Well, I
>> > started up my engine and let it run for a few minute and reved the 
>> > engine
>> > to 2000 rpm and slammed my hand over each carb individually to unblock 
>> > the
>> > jets and then I made sure there were two streams of fuel out of each, 
>> > but
>> > after 10 minutes of running, the passenger side head rose in 
>> > temperature
>> > higher than double the driver's side and then the engine sank to around
>> > 650 rpm. I shut it off and checked to make sure nothing was blocking or
>> > insulating the passenger side head and I couldn't see anything doing 
>> > so.
>> > My temp sensor tab on the passenger side head came unrivetted too. 
>> > Well,
>> > I'm stumped again and am going to do some hunting around.
>> >
>> > Charles 4/1/08
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