DeTomaso Mailing List: September 2000, Message #15

Well now, as u all know, i use simpleton logic rather than engineer's logic 
in all these here matters..... so......... let's see how i'd tackle this 
one..... i'd have to analyze this dilemma in this way..... 
hummm.....Piagetian philosophy says you tie in all new learning to past 
experience.. so, let me try to remember when, exactly i've felt hoses and 
judged the pressure and the temperature, in the past????....(hummm again)... 
i'd venture, one must take many things into consideration....and it's purely 
a common sense matter.... if the hose feels cold, yet it should be hot.. 
there is definitely a real PROBLEM.  Also.... it could be a matter of a mixed 
relationship... if the gauge is Italian and the hose is American.. well..... 
everyone knows Italians are & read much HOTTER than Americans : )   Ahhh.... 
as for my entire synopsis of the situation..... I think I'm starting to 
understand why the technicians, earn their $$.
: )  FirSSt  (banned from teaching in the Bible Belt)
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INSPIRATION FROM ASA'S DILEMMA
- Why did the radiator overflow cold fluid?  Was it air pockets in the
block expanding under the pressure of warming up? and forcing fluid back
through the water pump inlet?  Until the thermostat warmed enough to open
and equalize the pressure? (no, I forgot to drill a small hole in the stat
to help bleed air, DOH!)

- Why does my gauge read too high?  Is it really too high?  Doesn't jive
with thermocouple reading taken by hand.  Would both brand new temp senders
from Napa be wrong?  I sat with thier rep and made darn sure I had the
correct one.  Could the factory be packaging the wrong ones?

- Why was I able to squeeze the upper hose when warm, is that normal?
Shouldn't it get harder to squeeze or at least shouldn't I feel fluid flow?

-  Could it be my gauge has gone south?