[DML] Re: quick question

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome aboard, but:

Overheating a PRV shouldn't be taken lightly. It's a very different
piece of hardware from traditional cast iron blocks. Not only are
almost all components aluminum, there are MANY more of them (with
attendant seals and gaskets). They do not respond well to overheating.
Don't forget that your coolant boils at nearly 280 degrees -- won't
take long at those temperatures to warp their numerous mating surfaces.

I'm running a Renault repower (currently suffering from a different
malady) precisely because a PO "melted" the factory block.

Your first order of business as a new owner should be to replace every
hose in the cooling system. There are more of them than you may
realize, and some are hidden under the intake manifold. You must
ensure that the cooling fan circuit operates properly, and that both
fans spin. Bleeding air out is imperative because not only is the
thermostat the highest point in the system, it is also located too far
from the radiator to bleed itself (unless you install a self bleeder,
which I highly recommend).

Otherwise enjoy your ownership experience. Can be a lot of work
sometimes, but is a lot of fun all other times.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Lauren" <LPLand@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> I am pleased to say that I'm one of you now -- the proud owner of 
> 10440 - bought from Sean, ThinkStainless, today.  It isn't without 
> problems, but none is insurmountable.  
> 
> Its cooling problems have been addressed on list and I will indeed 
> see to them.  But this led to a delightful adventure driving home 
> from Phoenix to Tucson.  It wasn't even hot today (by our standards) 
> but the car overheated halfway down the freeway.  When I stopped 
> at a service station in Casa Grande, one of those "BFE" towns in 
> rural AZ that even _I_ laugh at (I grew up in NY, btw)  two blokes in a 
> brand new Austin Cooper reeled in after me and were beyond 
> thrilled to see a  Delorean in person.  Turned out they were on a 
> photo-journalism tour of automotive US sanctioned by BMW and 
> wanted to get photos of the car for their magazine story.  So with 
> any luck, 10440 will be  famous  after their tour, albeit with its 
> engine cover in the air  while it cooled down and sitting in a puddle 
> of coolant .    It did overheat again a block from my house, so with 
> the help of a neighbor, my husband pushed it into the yard - but we 
> made it home!!  I did manage to get it up to 90 for a while on the 
> freeway.
> 
> Sean -- I have a question for you ----- had you considered a bad 
> thermostat as a potential cooling problem?
> 
> .................LP
> seduced by stainless 10440




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