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Subject:Re: Operating temperature? (temp gauge needle, etc)
From:Mike Collum
Date:Sun, 4 May 2008 17:16:37 -0400

pickle vanagon wrote:
> After putting everything back together after my head-job gone wild,
> everything is great except that the temperature gauge reads warmer than
> before (yes I bled the system).  Before it sat just on the right edge of the
> LED.  Now it sits 3/4 of the way up the gauge,  a full half way between the
> LED and the far right side.

I would expect to see higher readings on the gauge (and higher actual
temperatures) after honing the cylinders and installing new rings due to
the friction.  You'll likely see cooler temperatures after the break in
period even if the readings aren't the same as your old sender would
have provided.

Mike