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Subject:Re: Van runs hot in traffic jams
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:30:03 -0500

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Greg Kriss wrote:

> My guess is that the cooling syatem is a bit under-designed for traffic jams.

Nah, that's what the fan is for.  Most modern cars are like this.  (The
older ones, with the engine-driven fans, just overheated in traffic
instead.)

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si