Crazy Thing Happened Today

[lacelle@frontiernet.net (Erik La Celle)]

Tyler,
The good news is nothing really bad happened at this point and the car is
still running well. (?)  There was coolant in it unlike an overheating
situation when it's all leaked out and the motor gets baked.  So, your motor
got stressed from getting hot and it may or may not have problems down the
road.  I've had 2 experiences with minor over-heating once with a frozen
radiator (that was me having one of my "moments") and once with a bad
radiator cap after rapidly climbing the Berkshires on the MA Turnpike.  The
first motor is in storage waiting for the right project to come along (run
for many thousands of miles before put away) and the other is still in my
daily driver with more than 120k miles since the episode (274k total).  Just
keep a close eye on things to make sure everything is OK.

Erik L



>
> I don't think it really matters enough to debate it.  The smart thing
would
> have been for me to stop but for some reason I felt if I stopped I
wouldn't
> get it started again.  We all have our moments I guess.
>
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> > This would be true on a car that had no opperating fan motor. Since he
> > had no opperating water pump, coolant is not circulating thru the
> > radiaror OR the heater core. There is no cooling taking place and the
> > coolant that is in the block/head stops doing its job.
>
> Even with a dead pump there is still circulation.  Ever hear of thermal
> convection?  Turning on the heater full blast is the best thing you can
> do, UNTIL you get stopped.
>
> --
> Eric
> Northglenn, CO
>
> 76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
> 80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
> 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
> 81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
> 00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)
>
> "For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid science."
> -Kelli Fox