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Overheating 200 1986

posted by  Smitty on  Sun May 2 05:39 CST 2004
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Given the age of your car, I would just invest in a new radiator (or have the flow of the existing one tested). Out here in the desert I couldn't drive in traffic last summer with AC on without the temp needle crowding the red zone. A new (OEM style) radiator (yes, with new 'stat and hoses) took care of that. The needle is steady even at 115 F ambient, driving up to 9000' in Flafstaff or cruising at 85 mph on I-10 down to Tucson. A new rad isn't all that expensive... $165 or so.






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