Re: overheating-I give up

["Brad Sayer" <vwrocco85@hotmail.com>]

>i'm ashamed of you ron! buy another gauge? no! just drop your senders in
>some boiling h2o to calibrate your gauges (=100'C - duh). see if you're
>actually overheating before anything else. of course, if the temps haven't
>always read this high, then you probably are overheating. and shawn, if 
>it's
>corroded water jackets, wouldn't the coolant have crap in it when flushed?
>-michael



I did exactly that (with a thermometer also), and it showed 95-100 was right 
around half way.  Right around when the thermostat would be opening.  So, it 
is clear that the guage is fine, but the car is still hot.  Also, as 
mentioned, the coolant runs nice and clean.

Brad

87 16V
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