Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:04:22 -0400 From: Joshua Greenbaum <jsgreennopsamh.edu> Subject: Re: ? about car running a little hot
My 91 9000S tends to run about 3/4 up on the gauge while I am driving around town. Everyone I have asked told em that this is typical for this model and year and not to worry unless it goes higher, which it never does. Brad Schroeter wrote: > It seems as if my engine is much cooler when I am driving than when I am > going slower and stopping now and then...I have replaced the thermostat and > such..The coolant temp level is a little bit past half way when Im cruising > along and when m not it gets almost close to High..Its like half a finger > nail away from the H...It sort of just started doing this..Its an 88 > 9000T..I noticed my coolant level is above the MAX line by an inch or > two..Would that make a difference??...Also I noticed my fan never comes on > anymore..Not the one that blows the hot air from the radiator but the one > visbale from in the engine(I thought it stoped comming on becuase I replaced > the thermostat and it was runnning cooler)..Is the fan what keeps it cool > when Im going around town..It is not hard stop and go driving but it it is > invloved...If the level never drops and I replaced the thermostat it should > stay cool right?? Please help..I was told its not good to run your car > hot...It never gets to the red but it is almost there..I get > scared...Please help > > Brad -- Joshua S. Greenbaum, Program Coordinator Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies 1080 South University, Suite 4640 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106 Phone: 734 936-1847 FAX: 734 764-8523 http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cmenas "The highest good is like water. Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive. It flows in places men reject and so is like the Tao" Tao Te Ching, VIII
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