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Radiator Top Hose
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:04 am
by Leo
The thermostat housing outlet and the radiator top connection do not seem to line up on my 1098cc Traveller. The standard top hose seems to be to short and only slides on about 1/2'' either side.
Are they all like this or is my thermostat housing or radiator the wrong one?
I have a feeling it is the radiator which was replaced just before I aquired the car
Leo 69 Traveller
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:15 am
by downsey
Your thermostat housing is wrong, the one you need is flatter.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:02 am
by tortron
is the radiator the earlier "humped" type from a series II?
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:07 am
by mike.perry
Wrong thermostat housing, the correct housing should have a level outlet not sloping like the one in the photo
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:50 pm
by bmcecosse
Yes - should be a flat housing. Yours does seem particularly high !
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:44 pm
by Kevin
The base of the housing is too thick also what are the extra washers on the rocker cover for.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:18 pm
by bmcecosse
The rocker covers collapse with over-tightening, and then additional washers are needed to get a good seal !
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:04 pm
by Kevin
bmcecosse wrote:The rocker covers collapse with over-tightening, and then additional washers are needed to get a good seal !
Never had that happen must have been lucky I guess
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:22 pm
by alainmoran
I use my old tie-bar bushes cut in half with a penny-washer on top
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:40 pm
by Onne
It's not a Series II radiator, they are far rounder.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:12 am
by Leo
No wonder it got through top hoses, this is the third one in about 2 years.
New housing is now on order. It was fitted with the bellows type thermostat which seems unusual, exactly the same type that I have in my old Rover.
Never ever noticed those washers on the rocker, maybe when I fit a new gasket they may no longer be needed.
Thank you all once again for your advice
Leo
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:47 pm
by bmcecosse
Original engines had the lifting eyes on the rocker cover - and so the washers may simply be taking up the distance left by the absence of the lifting eyes.
If your rocker cover hasn't collapsed Kevin - you must have been very careful when tightening it down !
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:29 pm
by Kevin
bmcecosse wrote:Original engines had the lifting eyes on the rocker cover - and so the washers may simply be taking up the distance left by the absence of the lifting eyes.
If your rocker cover hasn't collapsed Kevin - you must have been very careful when tightening it down !
Ah but I do have the correct spacer washer on top of the cup washer which I would have thought was around the same thickness as the ones fitted to Leo's rocker cover.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:41 pm
by bmcecosse
Yes - I have these Kevin - thick and small diameter which replaces the lifting eyes.
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:29 am
by Kevin
bmcecosse wrote:Yes - I have these Kevin - thick and small diameter which replaces the lifting eyes.
So you don't have any extra washer either then Roy
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:39 pm
by bmcecosse
On some engines - yes, where the thick washers have gone walkies! I have 4 engines in total at the moment! 2 x 1098 and 2 x 1275.
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:55 pm
by newagetraveller
In the photograph the edge of the rocker cover does not look parallel to the top of the cylinder head to me. The gap at the front looks greater than the gap at the back. This would be in keeping with the idea that it has been tightened down too much.