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Bob NH · 08-13-2013, 03:38 PM

OK friends, heres where I'm at. I drained down the system last evening and it was raining hard today so it was a good chance to take a look at what I percieved as "over heating". I pulled the left hose and there are no thermostats as someone already mentioned. I put back straight water and let the little girl idle for quite some time, took off the pressure cap and stuck a meat thermometer in the flow for a while and it never went higher than 182 degrees. the outside temp was around 65 or so. Maybe I am just an old worry wart ? I pulled the sending unit and cleaned it well and put a new tip on the wire. The dash gauge is up and down like a prostitutes underware, whats up with that ??

08-13-2013, 03:38 PM	#3
Bob NH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Meredith, N.H. Posts: 800	Re: To Stat or Not To Stat? That is the question. OK friends, heres where I'm at. I drained down the system last evening and it was raining hard today so it was a good chance to take a look at what I percieved as "over heating". I pulled the left hose and there are no thermostats as someone already mentioned. I put back straight water and let the little girl idle for quite some time, took off the pressure cap and stuck a meat thermometer in the flow for a while and it never went higher than 182 degrees. the outside temp was around 65 or so. Maybe I am just an old worry wart ? I pulled the sending unit and cleaned it well and put a new tip on the wire. The dash gauge is up and down like a prostitutes underware, whats up with that ??