Thread: The problem: overheating at idle in drive – stalling when hot.

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It was full of coolant. I checked it when I got home about a 50 / 50 antifreeze - water mix. When I drained the rad and the block, I strained the fluids and there was very little sediment. Also had 8 qrts of oil in the crankcase. The older gentleman I purchased the car from, would pull the plugs and shoot some oil down the cyl every few months and turn it over a few times. He had the engine rebuilt and wanted to keep it in good shape.

I have the older style Pertronix electronic ignition in my 57 Olds and while I have not had any problems since installing it about seven years ago, I have had some friends who have run across a bad unit. Although not a frequent occurance they do have bad ones. And they are usually not bad out of the box, seems to take a little while for problems to show up.