| design flaw : bad cooling ( Re: 1986 Civic Timing Belt ) [message #783965] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 08:33 |
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www.aa1car.com/library/us697.htm para 13
1984-87 Honda Civics. These engines will often blow the head
gasket if the engine overheats
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| Re: design flaw : bad cooling ( Re: 1986 Civic Timing Belt ) [message #783974 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:21 |
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"TE Chea" <4ws [at] gmail.com> wrote in message news:44bdea53_2 [at] news.tm.net.my...
> www.aa1car.com/library/us697.htm para 13
> 1984-87 Honda Civics. These engines will often blow the head
> gasket if the engine overheats
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I wouldn't call this a design flaw. Many engines will blow something if you
overheat them or run them low on coolant. The engine is designed to run
with coolant in it. If you want to call that a design flaw for a liquid
cooled engine, go ahead.
Earle
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| Re: design flaw : bad cooling ( Re: 1986 Civic Timing Belt ) [message #783998 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 22:27 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:21:22 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<earle-NOSPAM-horton [at] msn.com> wrote:
>"TE Chea" <4ws [at] gmail.com> wrote in message news:44bdea53_2 [at] news.tm.net.my...
>> www.aa1car.com/library/us697.htm para 13
>> 1984-87 Honda Civics. These engines will often blow the head
>> gasket if the engine overheats
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>I wouldn't call this a design flaw.
The only design flaw involved here is between Chea's ears.
>Many engines will blow something if you
>overheat them or run them low on coolant. The engine is designed to run
>with coolant in it. If you want to call that a design flaw for a liquid
>cooled engine, go ahead.
Don't tempt him like that.
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| Re: design flaw : bad cooling ( Re: 1986 Civic Timing Belt ) [message #784070 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 06:23 |
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| I wouldn't call this a design flaw.
I would ; design should be good enough ( with a good safety margin
) for slight & short-duration overheating.
| Many engines will blow something if you overheat them
Only badly designed 1s cannot be overheated for even 2 seconds.
In 3-05, my Mitsubishi 4G15P 's radiator fan did not spin : for 2
seconds before I switched off ignition, water boiled into overflow
bottle, some mineral oil had been heated to tar inside rocker cover.
Yet this engine got no damage, & still works.
In 11-80, my Datsun 120Y's radiator broke upon hitting a bush, I
could still drive car to nearest repair shop ( water reached boiling
when I reached there ), engine got no damage from short-duration
overheating.
| If you want to call that a design flaw for a liquid
| cooled engine, go ahead.
u must be a honda salesman
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