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Re: Thermostat, 73 V4
Posted by Cheap Charley (more from Cheap Charley) on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:10:46
In Reply to: Re: Thermostat, 73 V4, Chip Lamb -West of Sweden, Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:37:17
Hello Chip,

I was saving you for the hard stuff. I figured this one should be simple. But, after thinking I had it fixed three times, maybe not.

I do have a new theory. I needed to use the car the other day because I had to haul something too long for the Benz. I checked the levels before I left, and had to add maybe a third of a qt of coolant. I did about 30 miles round trip, and had no overheating even when driving faster than the other traffic on the interstate.

I haven’t driven it since, but this symptom of having it work the first time after I do something, and then having the problem return has happened before.

So, now I think maybe one or both of the radiator caps are bad, and when it cools it sucks air into the system. The caps look pretty old.

Do you think I was onto anything with the style of thermostat with the little bleed hole? I was considering drilling a small hole in the plate of the new style.

Cheap Charley

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