#3: Re: design flaw : bad cooling ( Re: 1986 Civic Timing Belt )
Posted on 2006-07-20 22:27:45 by gRmEcMgOrVeEw
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:21:22 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<<a href="mailto:earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com" target="_blank">earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com</a>> wrote:
>"TE Chea" <<a href="mailto:4ws@gmail.com" target="_blank">4ws@gmail.com</a>> wrote in message news:<a href="mailto:44bdea53_2@news.tm.net.my..." target="_blank">44bdea53_2@news.tm.net.my...</a>
>> www.aa1car.com/library/us697.htm para 13
>> 1984-87 Honda Civics. These engines will often blow the head
>> gasket if the engine overheats
>>
>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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#4: Re: design flaw : bad cooling ( Re: 1986 Civic Timing Belt )
Posted on 2006-07-22 06:23:39 by TE Chea
| 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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