Dear Andy, John and David too :-)

I apologize for the confusion with the names, with all the support that I got from the forum I got confused the names.

Thanks again for all the comments that John and Andy sent me.


Here is the new report:

As planned, the mechanic yesterday tested the radiator by itself, and everything looked fine, it emptied very fast. He did the same with the block, with the radiator disconnected, poured water on the right side of the block and it flowed very well, in fact it came out very clean on the left side.

So after that he reverse flushed the radiator and the block too. The radiator was flushed three times until the water came out total clean.

Then put everything back and started the car in the shop, and temperature was definitely lower.

Test drive:

At 6:30 pm I picked up the car and the temperature was definitely lower. Yesterday evening I went for one hour ride with my wife, finally! Beautiful night of 24 C. The car after 10 - 15 minutes, reached the 90 C, and stayed in the in the 93 most of the time. In the traffic lights (there were just a few on the road) the temperature went up to 98, sometimes.

I know Morgans with Standard engines, usually run hot, and as John stated very well, temperatures can be between 95-98 C. Event though I have to say that the Morgan was running with lower temperatures until I did this full maintenance with the new Mechanic in Miami. So I don’t know, it might be the different weather, but with 24 C, that should not make any difference with the previous location.

So I am not 100% happy with current scenario. I have been driving the Morgan for 20 years, and every time that I see the engine working so hot it makes me a bit nervous.


The mechanic strongly believes that is not the head gasket, but he told me that if the temperature is still high, we will check the gasket, just to be on the safe side. He has a machine that uses some reactives to detect, oil in the water, or any kind of gas, etc………..

Now I am planing to drive the Morgan this long weekend (in US), and see how it drives. I have to say that beside this concern with the temperature, the car is running smoothly as usual. I remember that John mentioned that he installed a water pump in his car, knowing that Miami weather is quite hot, I am thinking if this would not be needed in the near future. May be not now, since the temperature will stay like this until April, but maybe later will be needed…………………..


I think this is all for the time being, I will get back to you with more info during the weekend.


Thanks again for your support.


Happy thanksgiving for you and your families!


All the best,

Gonzalo