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Subject:Re: Coolant Pipes and runs hot (150k miles)
From:t bill
Date:Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:32:25 -0700

> **  Dave sez it's running up around 3/4 of the water temp guage.  He
> remembers it running at 1/2 of guage, closer to the overtemp light.
(He
> had a bad sender for a while, disconnected wire, and has now
replaced the
> sensor.)
>
> Considering this vehicle now has 150k miles on it, any thoughts as to
> common things to check for higher than normal H2O temperature??
>
Your fan is probably not coming on low speed.  Start engine. wait till
warm, check it out.  Probably only turning when temp turns on high
speed fan.

Then you can check out wiring, sensor, etc.  In my case it was
corosion at a connector.

TBill
83.5 Westy
(for sale)
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