The Ford Barn

L78CHEVELLE · 05-11-2013, 10:31 AM

I put a post on Ford Barn about my '40 over heating slowly above 55 mph or at idle for about 15 minutes. I stated I tried the white vinegar, lower thermostats, no thermostats, new radiator core, modern water pumps, with little to no results. I had just given up and decided I would have to take out the engine and have the block water circulating system cleaned. I had come to the end of my rope on this problem. Then I think he was Flathead Ted sent me some information on the Ford Barn that I should put the white vinegar in the car and drive it for two weeks. I thought I had nothing to lose so I put the white vinegar in the car and drove it for 9 days. I began to see improvement in the cooling and decided to check the radiator. I saw a lot of reddish sludge in the radiator and decided to drain it then. Lot of stuff came out of the radiator this time just like the first time. I flushed it until the water was clear. I put in the baking soda, and then a good Prestone flush product. Drove that around for about one hour. Drained it and filled the car up again with fresh water and anti rust. The car now runs about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than before on the open road above 55 mph, and if it does get up near the high normal reading in slow traffic it comes back down to just above N within 2 miles of open road driving. At idle I can now see the car get up to normal high in about 30 minutes and when I raise the engine idle up the gauge starts to show a decrease in temperature within a minute. All this is an improvement for my situation. I was doing good things to the car, but I was not trying the white vinegar for a long enough time period. Flathead Ted put me on the correct path and maybe this will help some of you with heating problems. My car had set from 1962 to 2007. There was no water in the radiator when I got it. One owner original car with less than 40,000 miles.

05-11-2013, 10:31 AM	#1
L78CHEVELLE Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London Kentucky Posts: 356	40 over heating problem cured this way I put a post on Ford Barn about my '40 over heating slowly above 55 mph or at idle for about 15 minutes. I stated I tried the white vinegar, lower thermostats, no thermostats, new radiator core, modern water pumps, with little to no results. I had just given up and decided I would have to take out the engine and have the block water circulating system cleaned. I had come to the end of my rope on this problem. Then I think he was Flathead Ted sent me some information on the Ford Barn that I should put the white vinegar in the car and drive it for two weeks. I thought I had nothing to lose so I put the white vinegar in the car and drove it for 9 days. I began to see improvement in the cooling and decided to check the radiator. I saw a lot of reddish sludge in the radiator and decided to drain it then. Lot of stuff came out of the radiator this time just like the first time. I flushed it until the water was clear. I put in the baking soda, and then a good Prestone flush product. Drove that around for about one hour. Drained it and filled the car up again with fresh water and anti rust. The car now runs about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than before on the open road above 55 mph, and if it does get up near the high normal reading in slow traffic it comes back down to just above N within 2 miles of open road driving. At idle I can now see the car get up to normal high in about 30 minutes and when I raise the engine idle up the gauge starts to show a decrease in temperature within a minute. All this is an improvement for my situation. I was doing good things to the car, but I was not trying the white vinegar for a long enough time period. Flathead Ted put me on the correct path and maybe this will help some of you with heating problems. My car had set from 1962 to 2007. There was no water in the radiator when I got it. One owner original car with less than 40,000 miles.