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Old 07-23-2010, 02:31 PM
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Nice idea

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Originally Posted by Gene Horr View Post
Try removing the thermostat completely. If you still have problems then from your list the only thing I can think of is that it is a bad water pump.

This is not something I would advise anyone to do but I've thought in the past of putting a glass section in the line somewhere to actually see the flow of fluid when tracking down a cooling problem. Never had the guts, though.
Nice idea - may be you could use 'steam engine grade' glass. Steam engines have lots of these types of things on them - usually to measure water levels.
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