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Old 09-26-2008, 07:53 PM
mpolli mpolli is offline
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Originally Posted by Holson Adi View Post
when the car is just starting to warm up, basically the line from the t-stat to the radiator should be cold right?
Right. Mine was like you describe. It never warmed up all the way. When I took it out I expected it to be stuck open but it wasn't. However the new one fixed the problem and now it works right. There was a certain brand I was advised to get. But I don't remember which one it was!
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