Paul's comment is of course, right on. The other
error I have seen is that POs install incorrect design
and range thermostats. These are thermo-mechanical
devices and they do wear out.
rick
--- Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> You say 74, I presume this is the chrome bumper
> model with mechanical
> cooling fan and not the 74.5 model with electric.
>
> Your running temps seem normal to me given the
> ambient of low 80s, and that
> would indicate the gauge is accurate. However I'd
> have said that going up
> to mid-way between N and H when you are idling *is*
> a little high, unless it
> is for several minutes at a time with a slight
> following wind (the
> difference between a following and head wind can be
> quite significant).
> OTOH if you are stopped in traffic your radiator
> will be 'breathing' all the
> heated air being pumped out of the radiators of the
> cars around you, which
> will also cause your gauge to go up. Another factor
> is temperature of the
> air near the road surface i.e. heated by the effect
> of sun on tarmac, this
> can be 20 degrees higher than air temperature, again
> causing a rise in the
> gauge. What does it do if left idling on, say,
> grass with no other traffic
> around and in a slight cross or head wind? If that
> is only slightly higher
> than your normal running temps then I'd say you had
> nothing to worry about.
>
> At the end of the day, cars with electric fans have
> the thermo switch
> calibrated to only cut in about mid-way between N
> and H, and the gauge
> should be able to go up nearly to the H without any
> problems. If it isn't
> steaming or losing coolant, it isn't overheating.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > The basic problem is this: The past couple of
> days have been fairly hot
> > here in Philadelphia. Running my BGT with a 165
> deg F thermostat, the car
> > seems to run a little hot (in my opinion). The
> needle on the temp gauge
> > is a little above the "N." When I sit in traffic,
> the temp goes up some
> > more, maybe 1/2 way between "N" and "H." It comes
> down a little when I
> > get going.
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