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Old 06-13-2020, 07:35 PM   #1
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Eng.Temp with the new W/P.

Iam hoping that anything under 200 Deg's is good for Desert summer Temp's ?? Thanks Frank

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Old 06-14-2020, 04:24 AM   #2
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Looks dead on.


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Old 06-14-2020, 06:08 AM   #3
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a low temp thermostat could bring that down a bit, but that is dead on for stock 83 celsius thermo.
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Well Tony,..I did put the low temp Thermostat in..but temps yesterday were around 106,Deg's and I was also running my Air..Thanks Frank
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If it was 106 degrees out, then I'd say the temp looks great!
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Wow, that's actually low for 106F! Definitely nothing to worry about.
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Old 06-16-2020, 04:50 PM   #7
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Well Tony,..I did put the low temp Thermostat in..but temps yesterday were around 106,Deg's and I was also running my Air..Thanks Frank

I don’t know, looks like it’s only 99 degrees, so let’s not start exaggerating...;-)

I’m just kidding


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Old 06-16-2020, 08:43 PM   #8
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Yea..I knew you were going to catch that..that was my 1st pic when I first started it up,..I was replacing the coolant ( it got to 185 quickly ) then I went cruising to help burp the system..

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