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RE: Cooling system more
By Will - 02/01/2001 1:26:30 AM; IP 24.162.190.33
An Aussie, hunh? How hot is it over there right now? We had planned on visiting Australia last year, but we didn't want to deal with the Olympic traffic. Maybe we'll do it next year.

It sounds like you've got a handle on what's going on. It also sounds like you've got a fun car. My guess to cool it down would be an alum radiator and/or better fans. Does it stay cool when you're going 35-50 mph? If so, you could try higher capacity fans and/or switching to suckers. If it overheats when you're moving 35 or so, you may want to replace your radiator.

There was someone on the forums a few months ago with a chronic overheating problem. He finally traced it down to a bad radiator. He had oil in his radiator in the past, but fixed the problem - blown head gasket or something. The oil reduced the cooling effectiveness of his radiator. He had overheating problems even though he had long since fixed the gasket. He replaced the radiator with a standard style, and his overheating went away.

You may also want to try an additive like Red Line's Water Wetter. I haven't used it, but I have friends that have and say it fixed their overheating problems.
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 RE: Cooling system -- Brian Crisman, 02/01/2001
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 RE: Cooling system more -- T1M, 02/01/2001
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 RE: Cooling system more -- Jerry King, 02/01/2001
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