Overflow Tank - What Pete said!

[steve doane <mopa64@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

Pete gave some good advice and sums up my experience
with overflow bottles on Imps.

However, if you are experiencing continual overflow
and hot running, you may have a hidden condition the
overflow tank won't be able to control:

Clogged water passages in the Engine Block.

My '64 developed this condition and a flush with the
block drains open didn't fix it.  Probably nothing
short of pulling the freeze plugs and scraping and
dredging the sediment out will get rid of this
situation.  My engine rebuilder in Taegu told me about
this development after he fixed it by boiling the
block (of course, a more drastic approach).  Consult
the FSM (I can't, mine is in Taegu with the car).

Pete's horsepower versus paycheck analogy was
beautiful.  Again, here I'd like to add that if you're
retired U.S. Military the "drag" goes a little
further. 

 After the USFSPA (ex-wive's enrichment act) the VA
disability offset (you pay for your service injuries),
the broken promise of free health care for life, etc.,
ad nauseum are done with your retirement check, it'll
have less available horsepower than a Citroen 2CV
engine trying to push a '64 Ghia Landau (Imp content!)
to the employment (and you thought you were retired!)
office.

Thanks Pete!

Steve (still working) in Korea



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