At 11:31 AM 9/17/2007, John W. Parkins wrote... >I've been trying to debug a high temp problem with my 87 Westy for >quite >some time. The needle on the temp gauge in the dash is reading past >the 3/4 >mark, but I'm not convinced that the van is running hot. Using an IR >thermometer, IR thermometers may not read reflective surfaces (such as aluminum) accurately. Use a bit of flat black paint on the spot you're trying to measure, and get a reading off that. |
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