Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:13:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Need input on radiator problem
Comments: To: benoit <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
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So, does she hear the fan working or not? I have driven through mainland
Mexico in a Westy and some of those warm West coast mountains had my fan
running for 20 minutes at a time. I had a new radiator.

Mark

benoit wrote:

> Come on Mark, your better than that!!!! hey hey.... "more than the
> radiator", ok what my friend!!!!
>
> Ben
>
> Mark Drillock wrote:
>
>> Is the radiator fan coming on? That is critical on those long slower
>> climbs. I suspect that more than the radiator.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Benny boy wrote:
>>
>>> Guys, yea, i need your input!
>>>..........
>>>
>>> Here is why i'm asking: i did a top-end and others small stuff for a
>>> very
>>> nice 62yo lady a few month ago, now, she is stranded with over-heating
>>> problem deep into Mexico (near Acapulco), most coolant componants were
>>> replace, heads/pistons are new, water pump, thermostat and many other
>>> coolant related parts were replaced (not to say all). Since that
>>> top-end,
>>> she did at least 5000 miles without any problem. She just call me
>>> from there
>>> telling my some small town mechanic was removing the thermostat as we
>>> where
>>> on the phone, i went bazoukkk... i told her how to test the
>>> thermostat wile
>>> there and explain to her how to flush the rad to see if it was flowing.
>>> (it's a 1.9 by the way)
>>>
>>> The engine/coolant don't overheat at low speed, only on big hills wile
>>> climbing, the engine sound and run fine all the time with good power,
>>> even
>>> when it's over-heating??? ........................
>>
>>
>>
>>
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