I just got back from a short drive (2 miles) last night and I opened the
hood to look for my idle adjustment screw (see my recent
posting......errrrrr) and the electric fan was on. I didn't look at the
temp gauge, but it couldn't have been above the half way mark). After
about a minute the fan shut off. I don't know if that's right, but
that's what my car did.
Bob Bollinger
'79 Spitfire
> ----------
> From: Neil McAllister[SMTP:neil.mcallister@fvrl.bc.ca]
> Reply To: Neil McAllister
> Sent: September 18, 1998 5:22 AM
> To: Curtis Eads; Spitfires
> Subject: Re: Hot engine
>
> We've had a pretty hot summer here in the Fraser Valley and Emma has
> been running
> at just over the halfway mark on the temp. gauge. That's on the open
> back roads;
> in traffic it inches up towards 3/4 pretty quick. I keep an eye on it
> VERY
> closely. It hasn't gone past 3/4 yet. I'm curious as to when the
> electric
> fan should be coming on - mine doesn't seem to activate 'til about the
> 3/4 mark.
> I've bought a summer 160 thermostat but haven't gotten around to
> installing
> it yet.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil
> 1980 1500
>
> >Just how hot are spitfires supposed to run? Simon's temp guage seems
> to
> >be a bit on the high side...
> >
> >Curtis
> >'79 Spitfire
> >
> >
>
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