On the Subject of Cars that underheat on the road...

["Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>]

Since we are on the subject of coolant loss and cars teh run under-overheat
while running.
My car normally when I am in texas it run about 100'F(as per oil gauge temp,
readone...) but right now in Canada, no matter what I do... it runs COLD. COLD
COLD. I mean sitting idling on a corner street warming up with the heater on 
full blaster, the car is nice and toasty and the temp gauge shows right in the
middle of both (frozen and fuming hot) but as soon as I move around (no matter
what speed) the temp gague drops like a rock into the barely above frozen mark
(sorry I dont have realy temp # I only have stock temp gauge) but if I compare
this to oil temp (somewhat of a reading.. sirring on corner, oil ~100'F,
driving, 50-70'f) I have a new radiator, the flow seems fine, the water pump
works, the only thing I have not changed, is the thermostat (got on the other
day, have not had time to install it..) any other ideas what else to check?

Yes I know I have to change my heater core now... turned the heat on the other
day and got nasty collant fumes and spitting on windsheild and out of vents...
(rather weird to see smoke out of vents I tell you...)

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