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How hot it too hot?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tourmax" data-source="post: 172426" data-attributes="member: 5304"><p>Nope, 260 is too hot by a fair margin. </p><p></p><p>These cars tend to "clog up" the front of the radiator with road schmutz and it restricts the flow of air through the core. </p><p></p><p>The cure is often to pul the rad, spray cleaner over the front (assuming you don't find leaves, plastic bags, furry mat of fuzz, etc), let it sit for a while, then turn it over and flush it from the back with water from a garden hose. Low pressure only, high pressure can damage the cooling fins. </p><p></p><p>Of course, if your cooling system hasn't been changed in a while and/or your thermostat is old, you need to get those serviced as well.</p><p></p><p>Thermostats tend to "drift up" in thier base opening temperature as they get older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tourmax, post: 172426, member: 5304"] Nope, 260 is too hot by a fair margin. These cars tend to "clog up" the front of the radiator with road schmutz and it restricts the flow of air through the core. The cure is often to pul the rad, spray cleaner over the front (assuming you don't find leaves, plastic bags, furry mat of fuzz, etc), let it sit for a while, then turn it over and flush it from the back with water from a garden hose. Low pressure only, high pressure can damage the cooling fins. Of course, if your cooling system hasn't been changed in a while and/or your thermostat is old, you need to get those serviced as well. Thermostats tend to "drift up" in thier base opening temperature as they get older. [/QUOTE]
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