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- From: jws@billy.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger)
- Subject: Re: overheating Ford Van
- References: <1993Jan5.191318.18755@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:12:58 GMT
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- Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL
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- It sounds to me like there is no coolant flow adjacent to the thermostat
- when it is closed. Perhaps there is a blockage in the heater core or the
- hoses, or the replacement water pump might not have the needed bypass
- line in the casting ( I dunno from Fords; been a long time since I've driven
- one lately). See if there's a small neck either near the thermostat housing
- or somewhere close by on the intake, head etc. - this should go to the
- heater core, and that circulation lets the thermostat see average instead
- of local temperature. Make sure there's flow when cold. If your rig has
- one of those vacuum-operated coolant valves, see that the vacuum source
- is present.
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