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Subject:Re: temperature gauge under reporting temperature
From:Mike Collum
Date:Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:18:37 -0400

You finally got all the air out?

Could be your thermostat is sticking.

Mike

Wesley Pegden wrote:
> After topping up my coolant with a bit of water, my temperature gauge is
> under reporting my temperature by A LOT.  On two 11 mile trips, the
> needle barely got passed the first line (and never left the small
> initial zone marked on the gauge that makes up the first 1/8 of the
> gauge or so).  I still had warm air coming out of my front heater vents,
> and it didn't over heat.  What is going on??
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Wes
> '84 1.9l
>