In a message dated 10/2/02 6:27:14 AM, gull@cyberspace.org writes:

<< Small quibble -- just because the thermostat is stamped '87 C' doesn't
mean that's where the engine will run.  It starts to open at 87 C, but
isn't fully open until 100 C.  The actual running temperature seems to end
up somewhere in the middle, from what I've seen, but I can't say anything
definative because I don't know how far to trust the calibration on my
temperature gauge. >>

Fully agreed. My point is only that dropping to 80 C thermostat is false
security for a system with a repair problem. Just an insignificant maximum of
7 C different in apparent operating temperature.

Frank Grunthaner