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From: dbg@ihldt.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: re: cardboard on the radiator
Message-ID: <2216@ihldt.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 14:26:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 24 14:26:18 1984
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It was once suggested to me that driving at highway speeds
at very cold temperatures would remove enough heat from the 
radiator to actually freeze it up in spots.  The resulting 
constriction would then cause the car to overheat.  It sounded
far fetched to me but he swore it happened to him.  Anyway 
there clearly is more heat removed than needed in some very 
cold circumstances and I'd rather not have my thermostat 
floping backing and forth more than needed  (I've had mine
suddenly stick shut in sub-zero weather), so I use cardboard.

				D. Green
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