Peter B. Water pump / air lock / Engine temp range....
Fire away Peter......
Is this 216 the original engine....
Is the pump a 216 in the block water pump or did you use a hybrid set up with an adapter plate
Why do you havea throttle set up like a Cab 11 CMP....? never seen that before....
My 261 has a hybrid 216 water pump and was strongly recommended by other engine builders to insure that a short by pass tube be used and NOT to plug the threaded outlets with pipe plugs....... Like you..... I ran a rubber hose for a while but did not like the stress in the rubber tube so I made a solid bypass with regular 1/2 inch house soldered copper pipe.......
Does you engine have a steam line running from the rear temp hole in the engine head to the elbow of the radiator
Do you have a modern mechanical temperarture gauge that you can connect to the engine or relying on the original CMP gauge
What temperature thermostat are you using
I have pictures that I can share.......
Over to you.....
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B
C15a Cab 11
Hammond, Ontario
Canada
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