99% sure thermostat. You have to drain the coolant below the stat
anyways, good time to replace it entirely.
Bruce Kettunen
57 3200
Mt. Iron, MN
At Thursday, 4 December 2003, you wrote:
>After driving 20 miles home from work yesterday, I checked the radiator
>reservoir, and it was a little low. I took the radiator cap off,
it sounded
>like it spewed out but it was very little. It made more noise than
water
>spewing out. I was also able to stick my finger in the water and
it was not
>very hot. The water was warm but I could keep my finger in it. The temp
>gauge was about an 1/8th of the way from the cold mark, not even
to the 200
>degree mark. It was very cool when I got home from work, around
38 degrees,
>but I thought the water temp would have been a little higher. More
and more
>I am thinking thermostat. It looks like an easy change, then I will
take it
>and get it flushed. I did see the water circulating, but it didn't
seem like
>very much movement. Maybe because the water was so cool. I am use
to seeing
>the water in my 55 circulate, it moves along rather quickly compared
to the
>97. Have a nice day.
> Tom
> 55 TF
> 97 S-10
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