Posted by Blaine
on 8/7/2012, 20:56:41, in reply to "Re: how dose it cool"
50.53.175.132
Reverse flow is when the coolant goes to the cylinder head first and then to the block. Going to the block first is 'conventional'. This has nothing to do with the direction of flow in the radiator.
Craig is on the right track about the radiator. The radiator has a divider between the left and right half upper tank with an opening (the bottom tank). Coolant goes in the top, flows to the bottom tank and then to the other half, travels upward and out the other fitting. Some modern radiators are also triple pass.
--Previous Message--
: Yes, there is a baffle that splits the top
: tank in half so I guess what they are saying
: is that the coolant goes down on one half of
: the radiator and back up on the other half
: thus cooling it twice??? Sounds a little
: like an advertisement gimmick too! I know
: that if you take your radiator out of the
: truck, tip it upside down with the inlet and
: outlet on the bottom, put a hose on one side
: pointing up and fill it with water no water
: should come out the other side. If it does
: your radiator is defective. This is on
: FC-150 radiators only. FC-170 models have
: the inlet & outlets at the top &
: bottom.
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: Hope this clears things up a bit,
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: Craig
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: --Previous Message--
: As I study how my Willys FC150 cools I am
: confused by the description in the shop
: manual which calls it a "reverse
: flow" system which takes the fluid
: through the air flow created by the fan,
: twice. Also, because the incoming and
: outgoing fluid lines are both on the top
: tank, how does the water move through the
: radiator it's self? Is there a baffle in
: the top tank? What is "reverse
: flow"?
: Thank you
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