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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 05:13:36 GMT
From: bradford <bradschroeternopsameja.com>
Subject: Re: How hot is too hot?


for a saab...u worry and pull over when the needle hits the red...everything else is all good... brad In article <MF3h5.4745$ZL5.299940nopsamsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, "William Brooks" <sea.brooksnopsamdnet.att.net> wrote: > At 70 mph, I think the fan would have very little effect. At that point, > it's a matter of how much water is circulating through the engine and how > efficient the radiator is at cooling that water. > > As others have noted, the coolant temperature on these cars seems to > fluctuate more than just about any other car on the road. I am just hoping > to get some anecdotal evidence of at what point one should start looking for > a place to pull over and cool off the engine. > > Years ago, I had a BMW Bavaria that got a little warm one day, blew a head > gasket and stranded me on the way to my wedding rehearsal. We ended up > taking the other car (a bullet-proof Peugeot 504) on the honeymoon and the > BMW's engine was an expensive mess indeed when we got back two weeks later. > > Ever since then, I've been a bit gun shy when it comes to coolant temps. > > Has anybody else climbed a long steep grade at high speed in hot weather? > Hoping to hear how hot things got before boilover or worse. > > Thanks again. > > "bradford" <garrettt3nopsamphia.net> wrote in message > news:8lvjus$um1$1nopsam1.deja.com... > this is not a problem...the needle will go to just about the red > H..then the secondary fan will turn on and cool it down...this is how > they work and it is not a problem...u will seee it get this high on > stop and go traffic and up hills pushing the car...dont worry...it is > all normal... > > In article <8ltk3k$kpi$1nopsam1.deja.com>, > saabsternopsameja.com wrote: > > On my 8v 85 900 the temp gauge is frequently up to 3/4 in stop-and- go > > daytime driving, and up steep grades it can get near the red. From > what > > other Saabsters have told me here, this is about normal. The 900's > > temperature is up and down like no other car.When I'm cruising along a > > flat stretch of highway with a breeze flowing through the radiator, > the > > gauge stays at about halfway, but in idle and while fighting gravity > the > > temp is prone to climbing > > > > Saabster > > > > 85 900 8v > > > > In article <4xng5.20174$o71.1295761nopsamsc04- > news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, > > "William Brooks" <sea.brooksnopsamdnet.att.net> wrote: > > > I was climbing up a long (3+ miles) steep grade at about 70 mph in > > 90-degree > > > weather this afternoon and watched as the temperature gauge on my > 1988 > > 9000 > > > Turbo climbed up past the 3/4 mark to almost the 7/8 mark about two > > miles > > > into the climb. > > > > > > The turbo needle was pretty far into the yellow, so I know the > engine > > was > > > working fairly hard. I chickened out and turned off the a/c and was > > getting > > > ready to open the windows and turn on the heat, but the coolant temp > > didn't > > > climb any higher. > > > > > > No apparent damage done, but I wonder just how hot these engines > > typically > > > run under these conditions and when should one start worrying/taking > > > corrective measures. FWIW, the car is an automatic with 136K miles > on > > it. > > > Other than the temps, it drove great. > > > > > > Even on flat ground in warm weather the needle will move between the > > > half-way and 3/4 mark depending on ambient temp and traffic. Today > was > > the > > > highest I'd seen it go. I have another trip over the same route in > two > > > weeks, so I have time to choose our other car or try to fix the 9K > if > > it > > > needs it. > > > > > > Many thanks. > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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