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Old 04-12-2021, 08:33 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Dunk View Post
solved. It was the junk in the system from years of 'trailer queen' life. With 160s the needle never passed 1/2 after 20 miles around town including on the road at 50ph, up and down hills and a long idle. Needle never moved. IR check found 160-165 most everywhere in cooling system. It took 4 flushes to clear the water. Went from solid brown to medium brown, to light brown to greenish brown to a bit of green. If I wasn't so stubborn I'd have done this a year ago. Thanks for the help, guys. Maybe I'll put a pair of 180s back in since that seems to be the preferred choice.
Thanks for posting the follow-up. Its always good for us to learn the results, especially when it definitely solved a problem.

Yeah, now with cooling problem resolved, I would go with 180 stats.
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