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From: pgf@hou5f.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Another problem with my Bugeye
Message-ID: <319@hou5f.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 09:24:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 29 09:24:21 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jun-83 19:58:20 EDT
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I've lost track of the original article, but I remember something about
changing the thermostat.  Always remember that putting in a colder thermostat
will do NOTHING to solve an overheating problem, unless the one being
replaced is faulty.  Your thermostat guarantees a *minimum* temperature for
the engine, for fast warm-up, proper efficiency, emmision performance, etc.
The *maximum* temperature is determined by the steady state dynamics of the
cooling system (air flow, water flow, coolant level, etc.).  A thermostat
can be checked with a thermometer and a pan of water on your stove-- it 
should begin to open at the rated temperature, and be fully open at about
20 degrees above that.

On my GT6, the engine overheated in freeway driving until I dropped the front
license plate about 4 inches.  It was right in front of the radiator before
that. Eventually, though, I had the radiator boiled out for about thirty bucks,
and the car is fine now.  I tried backflushing with a commercial radiator flush
before that, and it may have helped, but it also cleaned all the gunk out that
had been holding my water pump bearing seals together, and I had to get a new 
one when it started leaking.

By the way, can anyone recommend a good textbook-style book on automotive
engineering?  Service manuals tell you what to do, but they usually don't
tell you why.
				Paul Fox ABI Holmdel NJ
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