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Re: Temp Questions



Gaske David G DLVA wrote:
> 
> If this
> is true, am I doing any harm by riding when the motor cannot stay at
> operating temperature?

My guess is that the temperature sender is installed on the radiator
side of the thermostat, not the engine block side. Thus your engine is
certainly getting up to temperature just fine, it just doesn't need the
full cooling effect of the radiator in colder temperatures. (Make
sense?)

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Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Higher Education Consulting
KPMG Consulting, LLC
McLean, VA

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