overheating

[Mark86]

thankfully not my rangie but i saw three cars today in Perth overheated was about 43 degrees and all were falcons two au's and one xd fords dont like the heat.

Mark

[shorty943]

Slackly maintained Fords, don't like the heat. Probably dills, who think the car takes itself to the workshop, when they are asleep at night. Also probably have automatic only on their liscense. 43 degrees, a\c going flat out, pumping hot air into the radiator. See it all the time on the road up out of Adelaide. The new Heysen Tunnel on the freeway east out of Adelaide is a pure killer slog uphill all the way over the mountains, for about 15 K's. Some days it looks like a convention. Steam powered cars everywhere.:p

Shorty.

[LandyAndy]

Hi Mark
We can rule U out as a passer by thru Williams 2DAY:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Andrew

[Mark86]

i agree with maintain bit i think most cars with any cooling issues in 43 degrees is going to struggle. A friend of mine with an EF falcon says his always struggles when its hot with air con on.

Mark

[Mark86]

Hi Andrew yes rule me out as well i headed down to south beach freo today lucky enough to be holidays on the moment.

Mark

[shorty943]

Yeah Mark, that is one of the things I never have understood with a\c. Hot gas comes from compressor to condensor, in front of a radiator, the job of which is to cool hot water. Hot air will not cool hot water.

Every body should drive a Series model. Hot? Open the dash vents, works for me. Still hot? remove the roof, fold the windscreen down. Save on road maintainance costs too. Series models don't need roads.:p

Shorty.

[LandyAndy]

Hi Mark
You dont know how much South Beach means to me!!!
When I was young and silly I burnt many tires out down there!!!!!!I grew up in Freo!!!!!
Then there was the blueing with the Dings and the Portugese in the pubs,GOOD POO I got my nickname CHUCK in those days.When fully primed I could CHUCK in any bar,not throw up,BUT my party trick was to get you agressor lift him above your head and throw him over the bar!!!!!
Did it recently in town with a Shearing Contractor,Im getting old but got POOloads od congradulations!!!!
Andrew

[shorty943]

Kudo's, Andy, Kudo's. That, is my kind of chucking. Have run many a country shearing shed knees up in my time. Only one rule. NO TROUBLE.:twisted:

Shorty.

[Bigbjorn]

In my younger days in North-west Qld. in our normal for there summer ambient temps of over 40 degrees, most cars had a max. cruising speed of 50-55mph where road conditions allowed. No a/c then, or almost none. I am talking 1957-65. Driving over that speed caused boiling. As car body designs changed towards the end of the sixties larger frontal area radiators were able to be fitted and this was a major step forward. Also people slowly became aware of the need to flush and clean radiators and to use inhibitor coolants. I don't recall anyone then using anything other than whatever water was to hand to fill a radiator, bore, creek, tank, roadside drain etc. Flushing was only done if the car was a regular bad boiler. First reaction to overheating was to take out the thermostat though what this could accomplish beats me. So nowadays one can cruise the outback comfortably at speeds well in excess of the speed limit without overheating.

In the heavy truck business, a beneficial spin-off from the USA drive-by noise regulations was huge frontal area radiators. The makers went to large diameter slow turning fans to reduce noise levels and had to have a large area radiators to fit then behind. White Road Bosses had 1710 sq. in. frontal area, and Autocars had an optional 2050 sq. in. radiator. Great for outback road train work and able to cool the higher horsepower engines that were being demanded by the customers.