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temp guage and still too hot(?)

To: alpines@autox.team.net, tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: temp guage and still too hot(?)
From: "Tim Beloney" <65_s5v6@prontomail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:06:31 -0700
Is there a way I can get my temp guage, which is connected to the V6 
nicely now, to read correctly?  It reads much too low (120F = 170F 
actual as tested using a thermometer in the radiator).

I just drove around town (Alameda, max 25 mph) in traffic and about 
80F temperature.  The car read as hot as about 160F.  When I got home 
I tested this to be about 217F actual.  Seems too hot for me.  Is 
it?  Of course when driving at freeway speeds the temp guage reads 
120F.  I have an electric fan for the stop and go stuff, but should I 
be worried?  Is the answer to just try NOT driving in stop and go 
traffic (impossible where I live) and let the motor break in a bit 
more?      


Tim Beloney
- 1965 Series 5 V6 (my 2nd wife)
- 2000 A6 4.2 (my concubine)
- 1999 Ellsworth Truth (my mtn bike!)
- 1999 Bianchi Giro (my road bike!)
 


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