symptoms of a plugged-up radiator?

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Grant,

That's exactly what I needed to hear. I've seen this before on someone's 
Rabbit; I just didn't remember it for some reason.

Many thanks!
-Toby

On Wed, 24 May 2006, GGehrke wrote:

> Mine was clogged up when I got it - had to replace it before I could
> drive it home.
> I could tell because It was hot at the inlet and hotter than it should
> have been at the outlet, but there were spots that were still cool, so
> the coolant wasn't flowing throughout the entire thing.  You might not
> be able to tell without a pyrometer to get actual temps, but if it's
> bad enough you'll be able to feel with your hands.  It should have a
> heat gradient where it comes in hot but goes out cool.
>
> -Grant-
>