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Originally Posted by ghetto jet
. . . after 30 minutes of driving the temperature needle was barely above 40. I made a grille block and the needle would get up to 60 and hold while driving, but there was still just cold air coming out of the vents. . . .
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For whatever it's worth, I experienced the above symptoms when my thermostat failed in the open position.
Were you ever able to ascertain if the mechanic actually replaced the thermostat? Or were his repairs limited to the monovalve?
A thermostat is not very expensive; I'd probably replace that and put new coolant in. Lots of info on this forum on both the proper coolant to use and how to properly "burp" the system after replacing the thermostat and refilling the coolant if you use the "search" feature.
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Christopher
'06 Mercedes E350 station wagon (silver/black)
'85 Mercedes 300D (black pearl/palomino)
'85 Mercedes 300SD (smoke silver/burgundy)
'79 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
'05 Toyota Camry (because always running is nice)
'85 Mercedes 300D sold back to orig. owner 8-1-06
'84 Volvo 264GL Diesel, owned 2000-2013
Last edited by Volvo Diesel; 03-02-2016 at 10:12 PM.
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