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Title: Truth or old wives tale ?
Post by: petew on 2014-10-09 14:16

Have to get a friends 55 Sunliner from my shop about 12 miles down the road to the body shop. The hood is off and I have heard in the past that this can promote overheating .
I have driven the car some since getting the fresh drivetrain in and it seem fine . Anybody had a bad experience related to leaving the hood off ?

Pete

Title: Re: Truth or old wives tale ?
Post by: Jeff Norwell on 2014-10-09 14:45

Total BS

Title: Re: Truth or old wives tale ?
Post by: petew on 2014-10-09 15:33

Thanks Jeff

Title: Re: Truth or old wives tale ?
Post by: hiball3985 on 2014-10-09 15:35

Has no effect on a 57. I ran without for the first 250 miles after installing the new engine..

Title: Re: Truth or old wives tale ?
Post by: junior58 on 2014-10-09 19:59

May even run cooler due to loads of airflow

Title: Re: Truth or old wives tale ?
Post by: Ecode70D on 2014-10-09 21:13

Running that car without the hood will not make it overheat. I can't even remember how many times I did that and there were no overheating issues. .

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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: petew on 2014-10-09 14:16