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Date:         Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:13:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Okay, who jinxed my thermostat?
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <m1ljt58lh5.fsf@cs.indiana.edu>
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Allan Streib wrote:
> Here's something I never understood -- if the thermostat is operating
> properly, when the engine is cold no coolant is flowing to the radiator.
> So what difference does it make if there's a piece of cardboard over it?


I guess the thermostat would simply cycle less.


After nine winters in northern Maine, where temperatures were frequently
-20ºF or colder, I can say that with a working thermostat, my
temperature gauge, after warm up, stayed where it does in the summer and
I had plenty of cabin heat.


Mike
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