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Re: Re: Re: Cub overheating
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Posted by Bill Smith on March 18, 2003 at 10:03:30 from (63.147.130.30):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Cub overheating posted by Andy on March 17, 2003 at 12:38:56:
I am not a real big fan of liquid gaskets such as silecone. It has been my experience that they ussually will incorporate a leak over a much lesser period of time than an actual gasket. I would clean all glue, rust, rimnets of old gasket, and so on from the mateing surfaces of engine and top hose casting. A razor blade works good for this. I know you said it looked clean and appeared to have no gasket. Scrap it with razor blade anyways. The surface must be clean of all material and smooth. Any small chunk of crud will allow for an uneven surface. It is most likely suppose to have a gasket. Likely somebody put it together without gasket because they didn't have one. The Suburbans thermostat gasket may match and work. Be sure that it covers the entire mateing surfaces, and make sure there is not an extra hole in the gasket wich would allow for a gap in the mateing surfaces. You should be able to do this by holding the gasket up the the face of surface and inspect it visually. Trim off any extra gasket that may extend outside or inside the mating surfaces. I like to put a thin layer of glue on one side of gasket and actually glue it to one of the mateing surfaces. Ussually glue it to the surface that would best aid in assembly. Ussually I leave the other side of gasket bare (without glue). Then just bolt it together. If one or the other of the mateing surfaces of metal is unsmooth or pitted from rust or something, you might want to glue gasket to that side, or if you have to, use a thin layer of silecone along with the gasket. A leak there would likely be caused by an unclean or rough surface, no gasket or improper gasket, and I have on occaision been fooled by a leaky hose that I thought was leaking from gasket. Make sure your hose is not leaking, or leaking from the hose clamp location. And as Don said, another possible reason for overheating is a rust filled block. Kind of unlikely, since you said the coolant that you drained appeared clean. Ussually if big chunks of rust in block, you will notice small peices of rust when you drain.
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