On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Peter Ogilvie wrote:
:Your probably running a bit cold. From the temperature your running would
:say either the thermostat has failed open or is not installed. There are
Well, my first guess is the gauge is wrong. With the Rover cold, remove the
radiator cap, start the engine and wait for it to come up to temperature.
You may have to drive it briefly for this, depending on ambient temperature.
When it's warm, stick a candy thermometer into the coolant, and see what it
reads. If you don't have a candy thermometer, go buy one; they're cheap.
Stick it a pot of boiling water to make sure it's reasonably accurate before
using it. If the temp in the radiator is fine, (some where between 75 and
90C depending on which 'stat is installed) your gauge is suspect. If it's
an electric one, suspect the sending unit or the voltage stabilizor.
David
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