Mike,
I have found that using the heater can reduce the car temperatue by
around a quarter (on the dial). This is a trick that I have used in
summer when sitting in traffic and the temperature has been creeping up a
little too high. I would not say the rise in temperature that you have
experienced is unusual, although I am surprised that the temperature
drops as far as to the quarter mark, that sounds to be a bit low.
cheers
John
--- Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Let me run something past you for a moment.
>
> Is it possible that having a replacement sill fitted could lead to a
> rise in engine temperature?
>
> Sounds crazy, but let me explain...
>
> A few days ago I had the rusty and rotten near-side sill replaced on
> Carly. Since then I have discovered that the car heater works even
> more efficiently than I thought it did (or, rather, that there is less
> cold air coming into the car through the holes in the sill), and I now
> need the heater set to about two-thirds of the way over from hot to
> cold, rather than on maximum heat. Prior to this repair, my
> temperature gauge used to sit at about 1/4; now it is sitting just
> under
> the mid-point (which, I suspect, is where it is supposed to be).
>
> So, to rephrase the question:
>
> Can using the car heater on full really reduce the engine temperature
> that much, or am I hallucinating?
>
> ATB
> --
> Mike
> Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
> http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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