[xj-s] Good News!

["Kirbert" <palmk@mailer.gadcomm.net>]

The radiator shop called today, my radiator is ready.  I asked the 
guy how it looked, and he replied that it was "stopped up big time!"

Good news?  It is to me.  Y'see, while others just take the car 
apart, R&R whatever looks broken, and put it back together, I have a 
big problem with reassembling something until I can figure out WHY it 
broke.  I have been looking for a cause for overheating problems with 
no luck; even looking into the fittings on the radiator gave no real 
indication of the problem.  But in hindsight, none of the main hose 
connections are anywhere near the bottom, so the crud could collect 
in there for quite a while before you could tell by looking in the 
holes.

I asked what the stuff looked like, and he said you could name it and 
it was in there -- rust, sealant, etc.  He mentioned that there were 
quite a few chunks of silicone sealant in there where someone had 
evidently applied too much on a joint and it had squeezed out and 
peeled off in chunks.  I didn't use any silicone sealant to speak of 
in my work on the car, but I sure did find a LOT of it from the PO.  
The entire LH thermostat housing looked like it was covered with it.  
It looked kinda like the guy had tried to seal leaks from the 
OUTSIDE.

Anyhow, I'm hoping things run plenty cool when reassembled.  I will 
probably pull the thermostats out and test them anyway.

 -- Kirbert      |     If anything is to be accomplished,
                 |     some rules must be broken.
                 |          - Palm's Postulate

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