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Peter C
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At 10:45 AM 8/8/2011, Mark Endicott wrote:
>So I have a question, Just what is considered too hot?
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>My 1275 will run 190 to 200 on a 95+ day in Tennessee. It doesn't
>boil (obviously) and the engine runs fine. If it fill the radiator
>to the top of the neck it will burp out what it doesn't want but
>only once then it is fine. I would think that 200 is OK for a cast
>iron block and head. It has been like this as long as I have had
>Spridgets, over 40 years. I run a 180 Thermostat because I think
>that is the MINIMUM temp. that it should run, the MAXIMUM temp is
>controlled by the cooling system not the thermostat. My thoughts
>have always been that if it doesn't boil it's ok. I also use a
>75/25 mix of water/antifreeze as our winters are relatively mild and
>my cars stay in a heated garage.
>
>Mark
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