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Coolant temp -- combustion temp 200 1990


T or F: Combustion temp rises with coolant temp.

How much correspondance is there really between coolant temp and combustion temp? In my recent emissions retest (high NOx), one mechanic told me I should warm the car up thoroughly on the highway with cardboard in front of the radiator (I had read that elsewhere, and another, the guy who did the inspection, said I wanted the engine cooler, and cranked the heat when he did the test.

I'm thinking combustion temps would be pretty much constant, regradless of coolant temp.

-EdM.
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'90 240DL Wagon 'Lola' -- '72 1800ES 'Galadriel'






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New Coolant temp -- combustion temp [200][1990]
posted by  EdM.  on Fri Dec 23 03:40 CST 2005 >


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