Re: On the Subject of Cars that underheat on the road...

["Marie Laugesen" <scirocco@telus.net>]

 Try putting a 195 degree thermostat in for the winter and when summer comes
back, switch to a 180 degree thermostat.  Hasnt failed me yet.

HTH

Marie

>Since we are on the subject of coolant loss and cars teh run under-overheat
>while running.
>My car normally when I am in texas it run about 100'F(as per oil gauge
temp,
>readone...) but right now in Canada, no matter what I do... it runs COLD.
COLD
>COLD. I mean sitting idling on a corner street warming up with the heater
on
>full blaster, the car is nice and toasty and the temp gauge shows right in
the
>middle of both (frozen and fuming hot) but as soon as I move around (no
matter
>what speed) the temp gague drops like a rock into the barely above frozen
mark
>(sorry I dont have realy temp # I only have stock temp gauge) but if I
compare
>this to oil temp (somewhat of a reading.. sirring on corner, oil ~100'F,
>driving, 50-70'f) I have a new radiator, the flow seems fine, the water
pump
>works, the only thing I have not changed, is the thermostat (got on the
other
>day, have not had time to install it..) any other ideas what else to check?
>
>Yes I know I have to change my heater core now... turned the heat on the
other
>day and got nasty collant fumes and spitting on windsheild and out of
vents...
>(rather weird to see smoke out of vents I tell you...)
>
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