Max water temp
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Max water temp
Was in long traffic jam last night. Temp gauge looked around 230f. Could not press the dic key for exact reading. When i got going again after 2 hours it dropped to 194. At what temp does it get dangerous for the engine?
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Correct,...you are actually better turning on the heat and that will extract heat from the engine Bay to your cabin. Of course you get hot but you can roll down windows. If you are truly worried about overheating this is the best option in a pinch if radiator is leaking or whatever before you can stop safely. But I agree 235 is nothing to worry about. I would not worry unless it gets over 260ish.
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Cleaning the rad is good, but you don't need to actually pull the rad to clean it unless it's in terrible shape.
Get under the car and blast it through the radiator, towards the front, with compressed air. That does the trick for me. Even in 100+ weather, stop and go, with a supercharger, no problems.
Get under the car and blast it through the radiator, towards the front, with compressed air. That does the trick for me. Even in 100+ weather, stop and go, with a supercharger, no problems.
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Cleaning the rad is good, but you don't need to actually pull the rad to clean it unless it's in terrible shape.
Get under the car and blast it through the radiator, towards the front, with compressed air. That does the trick for me. Even in 100+ weather, stop and go, with a supercharger, no problems.
Get under the car and blast it through the radiator, towards the front, with compressed air. That does the trick for me. Even in 100+ weather, stop and go, with a supercharger, no problems.
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It took me two hours cleaning with water, brushes and compressed air so that I could see through the radiator holding it up to the sun.
These cars have VERY powerful fans, amazing what they can suck into the fins.
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I have 2 air tools that work great at cleaning the radiator and condenser without having to remove them from the car... one is called an air comb and the other is a radiator genie
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