Be sure to run as little antifreeze as you can get away with to maximize the
cooling ability of your car. I always ran 50-50 or maybe even more
antifreeze and my MG always ran hot. You can use Redline additive to
compensate for the loss of anti-corrosion from using more water.
At 06:32 PM 4/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>My 76 B [with belt-driven fan] always runs warmer on the highway. It
>has a 195 t'stat in it right now, and around town, it runs just past the
>"N", touching the top right corner of the N. On the highway though, it
>always rises a bit soon after I get up to about 65 mi/hr in OD, so it's
>revving ~3000rpms and is definitely getting enough airflow.. There it
>runs at maybe just over 5/8 of the guage width. The lower hose has 1000
>mi on it, thermostat has 3000 mi on it, water pump has 4000 mi on it.
>As soon as I come to a stop after a highway run or slow down to 45 mi/hr
>or so, it goes right back to touching the N. Any hints, or is this just
>normal? Thanks,
>
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>Tyson Sherman
>http://www.tecinfo.com/~tsherman
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