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Old 10th April 2011, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by minicountryman1961 View Post
Remember when you stuffed those paper towels in the lower radiator hose to stop the dripping, did you take them out?

The more I look at your photos, I think you motor is so freaking big it fills the engine compartment and the air can't go through the radiator cause it has nowhere to go.
Yeah there's no blockages. It is a massive motor dimensionally, the 90 degree vee makes it very wide. The photo's don't show it very well, but there is about 10" clearance bewteen the rad and the engine, and there is no bodywork within the wishbone mounts, providing large holes for the hot air to exit.
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