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posted by  Shifted on  Fri Apr 13 15:15 CST 2007
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The temperature gauge is possibly a false alarm suspect, but what caught my eye was the part about the temperature falling the faster he drove. A low-reading gauge would probably be low but stable, while an open thermostat would produce exactly the symptoms described, especially in cold weather.



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