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To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Overheating at Idle.
From: David Hall <dhall@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 95 13:07:28 PDT
Hello Again!

I managed to get the Electronic Ignition in, and now I am on to the next thing
which needs fixing - The car gets WAY to hot while it is idling.  (Like when
you have to sit in those long lines waiting to get it smogged! :( )  It creeps
up to 7/8 of the c/h scale.  Then, it stops running.  Gotta let it cool before
it starts again.

Solutions I've thought of so far:

1. Flush the radiator - Done, drain water came out clean.

2. Add an electronic fan in front of the radiator, and put a switch on it.

3. Add a fan in front of the oil cooler and put a switch on it.

Possible cause of it stopping running:  Coil is original..  oil cooler pipe was
sitting on it.  Getting tooooo hot?  Electronic Ignition module getting too hot?
(I mounted it close to the fuse box.) Possible fixes:  move oil cooler line
(done), get new coil, and move electronic igniton module.

Thanks!

Dave Hall
dhall@vcd.hp.com
 

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