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Old 05-20-2005, 10:22 AM
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Talking Correct car operating water temp...

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Originally Posted by mykg4orce
So you are saying there is a connection between the water pump and the fan? If the pump is bad then how did my car run at 85 degrees the whole time, even in slow traffic?
Your car was not running cool because MB displays the temperatures in CELSIUS. When converted, 85 Celsius is actually 185 Farenheit, which is a not super-hot but if left unchecked with a broken cooling part could possibly do further damage.

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