Just wondering if any of you guys have frequent problems with the heat "sensor"
or "sending unit" (pardon the terminology). My '6 seems to run very hot yet
never overheats by gauge.
Thanks, Ian Pappin
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:01 AM
To: Mark Creamer
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Running Cool
On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Mark Creamer wrote:
> Yeah, heat's never been a problem in my car - especially in the summer!!
The heater on my TR6 driver has always worked quite well. In fact, it
actually worked too well for a while. I was on a long-ish trip driving
back from somewhere (probably Vermont) and I kept noticing a distinct
burning rubber smell. I passed this off to the fact that I generally
"push" the car a bit. But after maybe an hour or so of the smell, I
noticed that my right foot was feeling quite warm. I pulled over the
shoulder for a look-see.
Yep - my sneakers were melting.
The problem was that the flap on the heater box wasn't closed all the way
(the cable was bad/rusted so that pushing the thing all the way "home" had
no effect). Once I closed it, my sneaker was thankful.
Now TR3's - thier heaters are reported to be a bit less robust.
rml
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