Thermistats do not last like they useto so change that first.I change mine
every year;seems it needs it.Drain your radiator and put new 50/50 anti freeze
also to much anti-freeze or to little acts the same.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:55
AM
Subject: IML: '68 running warm
My 120,000-mile '68 LeBaron has recently been running warmer than usual.
Not overheating, but the needle on the temp gauge, which until recently always
rested comfortably between the "C" and the first notch of the gauge, unless I
was climbing the Tejon Pass at 70, is now moving to the middle of the gauge
when I'm sitting in traffic only briefly or if I climb a hill. It isn't
overheating to the point of steam billowing out and the needle all the way to
the "H", but it's definitely running warm. And when that happens I'm
getting coolant running out of the overflow tube.
All coolant components are new within the past year -- water pump, hoses,
thermostat, radiator.
So, I'm just looking at a cheap easy fix like a thermostat, right?
Right?
Jim Kelly
Honolulu
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