overheating

From: William Lewis (wrlewis(at)ucdavis.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 05 1997 - 13:24:18 CDT


I am now as cool as a cucumber...as long as I keep moving. The quad core
radiator I put in last night seems to have solved some of my problems. It
is over 90 degrees here in the valley and my car is staying under 170
degrees on the freeway. However, sitting in parking lots idling is still
a problem. I am going to install a shroud this weekend and see how much
that helps before adding more fans. Does anyone know if the water temp in
the header tank on a series II car reflect the water temp going past the
sending unit? I put a thermometer in my header tank and it read ~180 when
the gauge said ~160. It is possible that my gauge or sending unit are not
reading correctly and that may explain why my car seem to be boiling when
the gauge only read 190.

Bill Lewis
Cooler Series II, but not yet cool enough



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