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Re: Temp sensor position

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Subject: Re: Temp sensor position
From: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:19:49 -0800
What occurs to me is that running the fan wouldn't do much of anything to
cool the block down, anyway.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 12/29/06 12:32 PM, Barrie Robinson at barrie@look.ca wrote:

> Folks at world,
> 
> Having had some fun with the over-heating in my MGB GT V8 I have sort
> of worried around all the aspects thus learning a great deal from our
> gurus (for which many thanks).  There are still some facets that
> require some scientific confirmation but one little item comes to the
> top of my greying grey matter......  My temp sensor is on the
> radiator and this controls the electric fan.   Thus when the rad is
> cooled while the car is stationary, off goes the fan despite the fact
> that the engine block may be still stonking hot!   There is
> practically no heat path between them when the pump has stopped
> swirling water.  Would it not be better therefore to put the sensor
> on the block, or at least the intake manifold?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> Barrie
> 
> Barrie Robinson
> (705) 721-9060
> http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm




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