SoCal General Chat

[semaj4712]

It does a bit. Water is what cools the engine. Coolant prevents water from freezing and corrosion in the system.

Correct, however I have had several classic car guys tell me that since it never freezes here to do all water and a full jug of water wetter to prevent corrosion/rust, because water cools at a cooler temp than coolant...ive never tried it, however they swear by it, and by classic car guys im talking about the guys that restore and build cars for the peterson

[E30_Pare]

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mixture shouldn't matter. you can run distilled water just fine. as a matter of fact, i've run distilled in all of my cars and have never had an issue qith overheating, even at the track, never goes above midpoint.

Too much coolant would effect cooling.

[E30_Pare]

Correct, however I have had several classic car guys tell me that since it never freezes here to do all water and a full jug of water wetter to prevent corrosion/rust, because water cools at a cooler temp than coolant...ive never tried it, however they swear by it, and by classic car guys im talking about the guys that restore and build cars for the peterson

I did run this on the m10. Really barely any temp difference. Only thing I noticed was that it sat a notch under half on the highway.

What did make a difference was an early ES valence. That thing directs air like a G! Running at 1/3 temp all day with it on.

[E30_Pare]

Anyone got pics of a 2002 on 17in softlines?

[IronmanE30]

Bolts are sitting in a jar of paint stripper. I'll put them in a jar of vinegar in a couple hours.

Cool Beans!

[ky0u]

What type of bulbs are used in euro Smiley's for the DRLs? Are they 194? Did a Google search but can't find it

[2ean]

Happy Friday, gentlemen

[einstein57]

time for widebody?

[Herr Faust Schinken]

Fuucckk that should pull out there

[einstein57]

My body guy charged me $400 to repair mine. No paint. You can probably get a PDR guy to do your minor damage for $200.

[E30_Pare]

400 is cheap as balls. Is he just reshaping the metal or swapping metal?

[2ean]

That does sound damn reasonable. Any after pics, Nigel?

[ak-]

Oh lame. Hope you get an easy fix.

[Tanner]

ANYONE HAVE A SPARE LATE MODEL COOLANT RESERVOIR (AND POSSIBLE RAD CAP)?

So i did the "blow into the small hose" test:

-ZERO air through hose. completely blocked
-pulled the hose off completely and blew through the hose alone...completely CLEAR!
-put my mouth up to the reservoir nipple and blew (not something i'll tell my grandkids)
....completely blocked.

so it sounds like my hose is clear but reservoir is clogged and will not allow any coolant to move freely via the radiator nipple.

[Ayman]

Anyone have a set of 205/45/16s? I need em asap pls.