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Subject:Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
From:Neil N
Date:Thu, 6 Feb 2014 15:24:27 -0800

For sure.

Also.... I may be misinformed, but is it possible that the temp sensor
at cyl. 3 can get slightly damaged during install? (or re-install?)
Maybe give inaccurate readings?

As Scott has commented, an infrared gun is quite useful. I carry one
in my Westy.

Neil.

On 2/6/14, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> I was thinking 'up to 400F' ...which is likely when pushing it a bit on
> a hot day.
> fairly a WAG .

> On 2/6/2014 1:32 PM, Neil N wrote:

>> http://www.ratwell.com/technical/FAQ/FAQContent.html#0142

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Neil n

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