82 cooling system??
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82 cooling system??
I'be been driving my 82 here lately and have noticed a couple things on the cooling system. First just to let you know I replaced the cooling temp sensor and on the one for the gauge, thermostat and flushed the system. The aux. fan will come on at a low temp 190ish and I've read where they are not suppose to come on until 230 or so. Now I did apply pipe sealer to the threads so could that be screwing it up?? Also I do have heat but if I run the fan on high it will cool down, put it back to low fan speed and it warms back up?? Now when I replaced the thermostat I had a hard time to get the housing to seal because of the intake and now I see a little coolant coming from the back side of the housing. Would this be letting the pressure escape thus not allowing to get fully hot??
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I'm kinda thinking that it must have the lower temp switch in it if it's kicking on at that temp. But it would be fighting itself since I replaced the stat with a 195 deg... It does have a two prong wire tab though. Not for sure what was original....
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Or you can just let the system work as designed, for the fan to come on around 228* and off around 215* unless you're going over 35mph in which case it will not cycle the fan at all.
That is my advise as a C3/C4 owner and someone who can appreciate the way these cars were designed to work.
My .02 cents
That is my advise as a C3/C4 owner and someone who can appreciate the way these cars were designed to work.
My .02 cents
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Or you can just let the system work as designed, for the fan to come on around 228* and off around 215* unless you're going over 35mph in which case it will not cycle the fan at all.
That is my advise as a C3/C4 owner and someone who can appreciate the way these cars were designed to work.
My .02 cents
That is my advise as a C3/C4 owner and someone who can appreciate the way these cars were designed to work.
My .02 cents
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