Dear Paul and others with "hot" cars:
I ran over to Palm Springs CA the other day with my '70 MGB-GT during a
"hot" ~38 C day there. My temp gauge also hovered about 3/4 of the way
while I was on the freeway. This worried me until I saw Carl's post about
his car which was not damaged by that heat level.
Does anyone know what temp level on the gauge is considered dangerous?
BTW, my oil pressure dropped a bit to 55 or so from it's normal 65-70 lbs
when the temp was up.
"Never Ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
John J. Peloquin
Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
On Mon, 18 May 1998, Paul Hunt wrote:
> Carl Mole wrote:
> >
> > I thought I'd sorted out all the problems with the '78 GT,
> > BUT, going for a run this weekend in some of the best
> > weather we've had for a while (HOT) showed up another
> > problem. Driving normally had the temp into the middle of
> > the gauge, but soon as we hit traffic and were moving
> > slowly the needle was near the red, electric fan kicked in
> > but the needle was still 3 quaters of the way up the gauge.
> >
> > When back on the open road the needle was back down to just
> > over half way.
>
> If you look right at the edge of the gauge near the chrome ring you should
> see two little white dots part way between N and the red. The fan should
> cut in by the dot nearer to the red and cut out again by the dot nearer the
> 'N'. Hence the gauge will hover around the three-quarter mark till you get
> rolling again.
>
> PaulH.
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