Rover 214 (self cooling?!)

This is may be because you have left the heater fan on.

MrCheerful

Try living in London:-) I agree though, on a cold day the rad seems to be enough to cool the engine at tickover indefinately without much air motion.

"> This is may be because you have left the heater fan on.

Nope! The heater was only on for a few minutes, to check the water was circulating. You could rev the engine, let it tick over, but ether way, it stayed at the same temp! I had to let both customers take the cars away, without the cooling fan cutting in - Something I don't normally like doing!

Matthew

I have an adjustable pusher which I set on the accelerator pedal to give a fast tickover, that does the trick. Alternately just wedge a feeler gauge in the throttle stop.

MrCheerful

I'll third that point. I recall using a 214 for a long journey in winter a few years back on the m6. Traffic and freezing fog slowed us down to around

I guessed the radiator was overspecced for the car, no bad thing most of the time - in this instance the freezing air around a slow moving rad was more than equal to the heat losses (non combustion) from the engine block.

Wish my V8 kit car was like that :-(

-- Ken Davidson DocDelete

The thermostat can't have been okay if the engine was running cool. The size of the radiator won't matter if the thermostat is working.

Some cars do seem to cool down if left to tick over on a cold day, even with the thermostat closed! The works transits I used to drive certainly did!

Stuart Sharp