Re: overheating

From: SloMoIV(at)aol.com
Date: Thu Jul 29 1999 - 21:17:08 CDT


In a message dated 7/29/1999 7:06:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
tmckit(at)connect.ab.ca writes:

<< My 1592 engine has always run hot (around 180). This weekend it got
 REAL hot (195 and 3 quarts of water in 100 miles). >>

195 is "REAL hot?"

If its puking at that LOW a temperature reading, perhaps your guage is
innacurate, or maybe your radiator cap is defective. Are you sure you're
converting from celcius correctly?

I put a 190 degree thermostat in my Series V this spring. Its never run
better.

Dick Sanders
Seattle



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