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MN Stumpjumper · 06-22-2011, 05:14 AM

I took my stock '50 2 door on a 400 mile round trip last weekend. I just got the car. On the 1st leg, the coolant puked out the overflow tube when I would deccelerate hard. It never got over 210 on the gauge.
I refilled it for the second leg and it got worse. I was running about 2600 rpm, everytime I let off it would push the coolant out the overflow.
I started running about 2000 rpm and it seemed to stop puking.
When I got home I pulled the hoses off the thermostat housings,no thermostats. I plan to put stats in, should this "fix" the problem? Thanks.

06-22-2011, 05:14 AM	#1
MN Stumpjumper Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 203	Flathead cooling advice wanted {UPDATE} I took my stock '50 2 door on a 400 mile round trip last weekend. I just got the car. On the 1st leg, the coolant puked out the overflow tube when I would deccelerate hard. It never got over 210 on the gauge. I refilled it for the second leg and it got worse. I was running about 2600 rpm, everytime I let off it would push the coolant out the overflow. I started running about 2000 rpm and it seemed to stop puking. When I got home I pulled the hoses off the thermostat housings,no thermostats. I plan to put stats in, should this "fix" the problem? Thanks. Last edited by MN Stumpjumper; 08-01-2011 at 04:49 AM. Reason: update