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Subject:Re: Van runs hot in traffic jams
From:TJ Hannink
Date:Tue, 1 Apr 2003 05:07:31 -0800

--- Greg Kriss <carat90@LYCOS.COM> wrote:
> Normal driving, running around town, or at 60mph on
> the highway, the temp guage always stays cool below
> the idiot light in the center of the guage. But when

> I get stuck in a traffic jam, after a few minutes
> the van runs hotter with the guage needle above the
> idiot light.

Sounds like pretty normal gauge operation to me. As
long as the fan turns on, the cooling system is
operating as designed.

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TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
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