The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

145 running hot 140-160

posted by  fidel on  Thu Mar 16 04:43 CST 2006
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Mon Jan 31 09:48 CST 2011
[RELATED]

so the other day i figured out why my 145 had a loss of power and was running oddly. both the springs in the dizzy had diaspered. looks like i was running 10 deg of advance the whole time. so i put in another dizzy i have. now the engine gets hot real quick. even at idle. the timing is set to 10 deg. the advance seems to go to high though. it will go to 32 deg.i don't have any pinging at that advance. the manual says that the max advance shoud be 23. maybe the springs in the dizzy are to weak? they are both in there atleast. i've also tried setting the base timing back a bit but can't get it to idle below 10 deg very well. i have checked the cooling system. it always bubbles in the overflow tank a bit. i've checked for leaks and can't find any. but it doesn't seem to hold pressure. i even have checked to see if there was exaust gases in the coolant, none. the water pump and heater core are close to new. one thing odd is that the radiator only gets hot across the top. the rest of it stays very cool. could i have a cloged radiator? any other stuff to check? thanks






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.