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Old 01-04-2007, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by dieseldan44 View Post
is the temperature taken from somewhere on/in the radiator? Would it be fair to stick a thermocouple between the fins?
It would be close in the fins of the radiator but the best place is in the block and in the coolant. That is where you really care about the temperature so you can pull over before engine damage occurs.

Mine reads around 90 C usually but has gone up to 110 C on a hot day.
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