Engine temperature will vary a lot.  It  would be nice if
they ran at a constant temp. but not realistic.  If you have a good
gauge and can see it well, you can watch the temp. go up with every hill
you climb, and down on the down hill.  Now add to this
a HOt summer day, AC on, sitting in traffic.  Then the light turns
green, you take a quick turn, on to the parkway, and up a
BIG long hill.  Foot to the floor for 3 minutes.  In Pgh.
this happens often.  You can easily see a 40 deg. change
with a water cooled Van.  Air cooled.... I've seen them
still running  around 280 deg.   definately not good.
                                              Eric

David Brodbeck wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Eric Zeno wrote:
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>>I would find a gauge that goes up to 300 deg.  as 250 deg.
>>may be pegged once in a while,   but 250 deg. gauge
>>would be more accurate.
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>If you've pegged a 250 degree water temperature gauge, do you really want
>to keep driving?
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>How hot is "too hot"?
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>David Brodbeck, N8SRE
>'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
>'86 Volvo 240DL wagon
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