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Subject:Back on the road but running warm or faulty gauge
From:Kevin
Date:Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:05:15 -0400

Hi Everyone,
One week after the start of the project I'm back on the road.  So here is
the deal. Motor sounds great! No leaks.  But my coolant gauge still rides
just above the LED and the low speed fan comes in traffic at about 3/4 up
the gauge.  Now I can't seem to get any more air out of the system at all so
I feel it is bleed correctly as heat works perfect and I have not had to add
any coolant yet. Now in theory there should be no way for it to be running
hot as I have a new T-stat, pressure cap, rad, rad fan switch, low speed
resistor (figure it was $30 insurance and now I have a spare)  most coolant
hoses, head gaskets  water pump and that's just coolant system restore did
lots of other stuff as well.  Now the old rad did have some crap in it but
it is running the same with the temp just above led like one needle  and in
traffic at about 80f in traffic  the temp will go up to 3/4 and the low
speed fan kicks in.  Not sure what to do next?  Any tips on this one would
be great. Thanks for everyone's help so far.  Hoping to get this settled so
I can go to greyfox on sat.

Kevin
87 Westy
Burlington VT
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