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Offline Jason Harwood

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Re: Car Overheating
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2010, 09:36:21 am »
Well, if not a thermostat, blown HG.

You can always run your current thromostate but cut out the actual unit in the center, so it impeeds some flow.
This is a trick I used when trying to bring the temp's down on a potential bad HG just for sake of driving a little longer with out overheating.
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Offline Brandon Kuczynski

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Re: Car Overheating
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2010, 05:35:56 pm »
ok i didnt know that about the head gasket, but yes the fan comes on, and it does seem to be when i am in stop and go traffic thats when it seems to overheat
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