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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 02:36 AM
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Hi Guys,
Went for a winery tour today in the vette and after we done a steep climb for 3-4kms it boiled over and the check gauge light come on and the DIC also warned me so once it cooled we filled the surge tank twice and both fans are working fine, radiator was flushed not to long ago.
Once I got the air out of the system and filled the tank to the top the temp sat on 220 all the way home, not a problem and outside temperature was only about 21 C.
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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sticking thermostat
Sugarwolf thanks for your reply thats what I was thinking
Being in Australia I am actually going to do the 160 stat and adjust the fans to come on earlier as well.
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