Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old rad
blew in
three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:J1jMc.31916$SD3.22265@okepread06...
> Jerry Bransford did pass the time by typing:
> > "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> > news:2mdq9gFltlirU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >>> When
> >>> I was a kid, we only used water and therer was no such thing as
> >>> antifreeze/coolant.
> >>
> >> When i was a kid we didn't have all this fancy food. All we had was
dirt,
> >> and we were thankfull for it.
> >> We didn't have air either, we had to hold out breath all the time.
> >
> > That was funny Paul but Jeff was really only suggesting that plain water
> > would have worked fine to get home on as an emergency measure. :)
>
> I've also heard that leaving the radiator cap slightly off will cut down
> on leaks since the system can't build any pressure. That being said,
without
> pressure the fluid will boil faster. :/
>
> --
> DougW
>
>

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old rad
blew in
three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:J1jMc.31916$SD3.22265@okepread06...
> Jerry Bransford did pass the time by typing:
> > "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> > news:2mdq9gFltlirU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >>> When
> >>> I was a kid, we only used water and therer was no such thing as
> >>> antifreeze/coolant.
> >>
> >> When i was a kid we didn't have all this fancy food. All we had was
dirt,
> >> and we were thankfull for it.
> >> We didn't have air either, we had to hold out breath all the time.
> >
> > That was funny Paul but Jeff was really only suggesting that plain water
> > would have worked fine to get home on as an emergency measure. :)
>
> I've also heard that leaving the radiator cap slightly off will cut down
> on leaks since the system can't build any pressure. That being said,
without
> pressure the fluid will boil faster. :/
>
> --
> DougW
>
>

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old rad
blew in
three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:J1jMc.31916$SD3.22265@okepread06...
> Jerry Bransford did pass the time by typing:
> > "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> > news:2mdq9gFltlirU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >>> When
> >>> I was a kid, we only used water and therer was no such thing as
> >>> antifreeze/coolant.
> >>
> >> When i was a kid we didn't have all this fancy food. All we had was
dirt,
> >> and we were thankfull for it.
> >> We didn't have air either, we had to hold out breath all the time.
> >
> > That was funny Paul but Jeff was really only suggesting that plain water
> > would have worked fine to get home on as an emergency measure. :)
>
> I've also heard that leaving the radiator cap slightly off will cut down
> on leaks since the system can't build any pressure. That being said,
without
> pressure the fluid will boil faster. :/
>
> --
> DougW
>
>

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

They sold you a new radiator cap at the same time? You know you
needrf a new radiator anyway, right?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old rad
> blew in
> three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

They sold you a new radiator cap at the same time? You know you
needrf a new radiator anyway, right?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old rad
> blew in
> three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

They sold you a new radiator cap at the same time? You know you
needrf a new radiator anyway, right?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old rad
> blew in
> three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

They sold you a new radiator cap at the same time? You know you
needrf a new radiator anyway, right?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old rad
> blew in
> three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

I got my rad repaired (the brass header and footer tanks were cut off and a
new core brazed in),
and, yes, I did replace the cap.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:41020568.72840701@cox.net...
> They sold you a new radiator cap at the same time? You know you
> needrf a new radiator anyway, right?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
> >
> > Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old
rad
> > blew in
> > three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

I got my rad repaired (the brass header and footer tanks were cut off and a
new core brazed in),
and, yes, I did replace the cap.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:41020568.72840701@cox.net...
> They sold you a new radiator cap at the same time? You know you
> needrf a new radiator anyway, right?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
> >
> > Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old
rad
> > blew in
> > three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

Re: Loss of coolant....can I damage water pump with engine startup???
 

I got my rad repaired (the brass header and footer tanks were cut off and a
new core brazed in),
and, yes, I did replace the cap.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:41020568.72840701@cox.net...
> They sold you a new radiator cap at the same time? You know you
> needrf a new radiator anyway, right?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
> >
> > Or taking the thermostat out (Someone did that to my Waggy - and the old
rad
> > blew in
> > three places 20 minutes after the new thermostat went in it !)
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ