"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/18/2018 at 18:48 • Filed to: None
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"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/18/2018 at 18:48 • Filed to: None | 4
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I needed to fault-find a possible flow issue, and after cocking up with the drill press, this was my next best option. Don’t worry though, there’s a new one coming on Monday.
After testing it in water which was at a rolling boil, this was the maximum aperture on the valve.
The spec sheet says it should be 9mm+ after 88°C, which this is not - and would you just look at that wonky spring!
You may be asking why I didn’t just pull the thermostat all together instead of hacking its guts out. It turns out that the rubber gasket which fits around the outer diameter of the thermostat doubles as the housing gasket, so I needed something in there to keep it all tight and tidy.
And then in true racecar fashion I fitted the bottom radiator hose clamp incorrectly and almost blew the engine on a spirited test drive. Stupid is as stupid does, and unfortunately my cars suffer immensely for it.
sony1492
> 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
08/18/2018 at 19:25 |
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Could be worse: I once seized a motor due to not clamping down a radiator hose enough.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
08/19/2018 at 07:40 |
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hopefully you found the issue