Posted by Doug Linden on January 09, 1997 at 15:58:52
In Reply to: water foam in engine when driving at 40mph
posted by Robert Howson on January 03, 1997 at 12:56:16
: When driving my Coupe at 35 mph or lower everything is ok. : But If I need to drive at 40 mph or above the water foams up : and spits out of the top of the radiator. The car does not : overheat. So far I have replaced the radiator, thinking that : it might have a block in it. What could be cousing the water : to foam. First, I assume the engine runs fine. Are you using a thermostat? The reason I ask is the first time I installed a thermostat in my Model A the hot water must have acted like a detergent and loosened up this brownish foam that appeared when driving around. I had recently had the radiator repaired so I figured the crud must be in the block. I tried flushing the water out twice with no luck. I finally used some cooling system flush. I also switched from water to antifreeze. That was 20K miles ago and the foam has not returned. Unfortunately I changed two variables at the same time, so I don't know which was responsible for eliminating the "head" in the radiator. |