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 Posted: Jul 22, 2015 09:57AM
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If you have the heater tap open to run water through the heater matrix, you NEED to have the heater on or it will just make the car run hotter !
Taking hot water from the end of the head and effectively dumping it straight back in to the block without cooling it is a bad thing to do.
As a bare minimum you need to have the airflap open to the car, better to have the heater fan running as a get-out-of-gaol card.

I've suggested this to a couple of my colonial chums and it has in at least one proven case cured his hot-running issue.

Obviously you can take water from the head, run it through an auxilliary rad (heater core) that's dangling in the breeze somewhere with no issues, and this will indeed help cool the engine, but running with the heater tap open and the air flap shut will only increase the overheating.

 Posted: Jul 22, 2015 09:38AM
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Originally Posted by Willie_B

I made a seat back cooler. 

 

willie, nice set up and clever idea.

 

 

 Posted: Jul 22, 2015 08:18AM
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Nice Brad. I was going to suggest a swamp cooler set up. How did your seat back cooler work out for you on your trip out west ?

I had several days that the in car temp was 102-105f. I could feel the heat but I never broke a sweat. It was great. I used a 10lb bag of ice about every 2 hours, stopping time anyway. Not good for the twisty roads but great for my 5100 miles of cruising. 

"How can anything bigger be mini?"

 Posted: Jul 22, 2015 07:57AM
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Nice Brad. I was going to suggest a swamp cooler set up. How did your seat back cooler work out for you on your trip out west ?

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Jul 22, 2015 07:18AM
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I made a seat back cooler. 12vdc pump moves ice water thru the tubing. Pump from Harbor Freight for easy to find replacement. 

 

"How can anything bigger be mini?"

 Posted: Jul 22, 2015 07:04AM
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Add insulation as suggested. As Spitz says, close the heater valve. If your engine temp gets excessive and add a heater coil in the engine bay, bypassing the coil in the cabin heater. You didn't say if the "old electric fan" is the heater fan or an added rad fan. If you don't have an added rad fan, consider installing one - it may be enough that you don't need to bypass the heater.

...assuming your cooling system is in good condition - rad not choked with deposit, proper rad cap, proper working thermostat, water pump in good condition, fan on the right way round, appropriate coolant mixture for your area (the right antifreeze can serve like an additive to raise the boiling point), proper state of engine tune....

No goof golf balls needed.

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 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 10:14PM
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Mine sit a hairline below the 190 thick line of this Equus mechanical water temp gauge when it's noon time on the freeway (high rev 60-65mph) then sits just under the next thin lime below 190 when I'm doing just around 30-40mph. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 09:37PM
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So looks like there are more out their in my same situation!  Spitz my engine tends to run rather hot so closing up that heater line from the block might be a problem.  My mini runs around the "N" to a little bit past that.  That's when I turn on the old electric fan to keep it from going up any further.  I know it's off topic but what are the typical engine temps that people have?  

 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 08:59PM
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I removed the sliding windows fom my pick up in the summer months.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 08:46PM
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I drive without the grill...

 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 08:15PM
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on the sweaty armpits, what i did was to loose weight and wear tight shirt., aaanyway..it's currently 85F here in killeen, high of 102F. 

spit is right. BUT opening the valve allowing the hot water to enter the heater condenser(wachamakolit) help cool the engine as well, dont turn off the gadam trap, otherwise you'll notice your temp go up... now, on the left vent hole pull the hose and stuck a golf ball on it and put some el cheapo adhesive so it won't dislodge, now on the right vent hose, attach a long hose, maybe a vacuum cleaner hose from the heater towards the passenger seat at the back. that way the heat is localize at the back part and not in your legs and armpit. remember, the gadam trap door should be open.

right now i'm in the process of building a homemade  12v a/c specifically used for our minis., still gathering  my materials.

 

 

 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 08:01PM
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I'm also in SoCal and chose to remove my heater with the idea that I wasnt planning on driving the Mini in weater that required one. This will reduce the amount of coolant in the system which might be a negitive. But it also makes fewer possible coolant leak problem areas. 

 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 07:26PM
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Sounds like your heater tap off the head is open, allowing hot coolant to circulate through the heater matrix.  Even though the vent may be closed to the car, it will still radiate heat.

Although allowing it to travel though the heater helps in engine cooling, try closing the tap at the head.

 

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 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 07:11PM
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Frost King thermal duct insulation. Install it under the hood, fire wall behind the pedals, under the carpet, under the hood, and in between the headliner and roof. It's cheap and you can get I think 12"x15 ft for $18.77 at Home Depot. Way cheaper than Dynamat. 

Also another cooling fan under the wheel well against the radiator to pull hot air out.

hec.

 Posted: Jul 21, 2015 06:04PM
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Hey guys been quite warm out these past few months in SoCal.  Just wanted to see if anyone else is supper from sweaty arm pits driving their Minis.  Tongue Out  I've got an early early mini and have tried everything I can to block out the heat from the engine.  What else have people don't to combat this issue or am I the only one??!!  One thing I have noticed however is that the radiator house coming into the heater is always warm/hot.  Maybe this is the culprit?  Other than that I've tried to put sound deadening material inside the dash as well as the firewall with extra thick muffle material to try to keep the heat out.  maybe it's just best to drive in the winter!

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