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Re: Temp guage reading too low

To: "Joe Merone" <jmerone@rocketmail.com>
Subject: Re: Temp guage reading too low
From: "Bill McLeod" <wbmcleod@theriver.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:32:41 -0700
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <20020812143402.77648.qmail@web14101.mail.yahoo.com>
Actually, it's a conspiracy by the manufacturer to encapsulate your temp
bulb in insulating foam to make you think the temp is lower!  We used water
wetter in vintage racing for years with good results.

Bill McLeod
Slightly Classics
Tucson

battered bugeye
tr-4
tr-10(2)
72 MGB (it runs!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Merone" <jmerone@rocketmail.com>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:34 AM
Subject: Temp guage reading too low


> We had a great time at the British Motorcars of New England annual
festival this weekend in Massachusettes.
>
> During the car show yesterday, with the temps in the 90s I thought I'd be
a smart guy so I bought some Water Wetter and added a few ounces to the
radiator before the drive home.  Later on I noticed that the temperature
gauge would only hit the first mark on the scale - or 1/4 of the range.
Coincidence?  Come on - this stuff doesn't work that dramatically!
>
> What else might cause this?  Stuck gauge?  Thermostat problem?  Anyone?
>
> Joe Merone
South Burlington, VT
CF18928



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