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Re: overheating - 1600

To: egmalibu@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: overheating - 1600
From: BERKEN@aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:49:28 EDT
In a message dated 07/06/1999 12:15:57 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
egmalibu@yahoo.com writes:

<< The car was sitting for a month.  Now there's cooling problems. 
 Sometimes it will stay at 190, sometimes it climbs to 210.  Long stops
 at lights it will climb to 220 and take a while to come down while
 driving.
 
 I'm having the rad recored and the block back flushed tomorrow.  Maybe
 the thermostat replaced as well.  Any other suggestions?
 
 Does anyone know what an "evcuation" system means?  I kept filling the
 radiator from the cap over the thermostat, ignoring the overflow tank. 
 Then I realized it is part of the pressurized system and needs to be
 filled as well.
 
 Thanks in advance.
 
 eric
 67 1600
  >>

Eric, 
By changing the thermostat and having the radiator recored, you are covering 
the major things that could be the problem.  Also, if your car has the fan 
clutch and the 7-blade fan, get rid of them and get  a solid block and a 
4-blade, available from any of our suppliers.  If you get rid of the fan 
clutch it will increase cooling a lot, but if you keep the 7-blade fan it 
will be very noisy and won't cool any better than the 4 blade.

Joseph Berkenbile
70 1600
Albuquerque

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