Hi gang, I recently rear ended someone and bashed in the whole front of my 300d. Got a radiator, fan clutch, ac condensor, and grill, and then went to work and put the car back together. I straightend it out rather nicely, however, now it runs hot. It always stayed just above 80c even on hot days in Los Angeles. Sometimes it would go to 90c or 95c with the a/c on in a traffic jam. Now it stays around 90c and will go right up to 100c at the slightest incline. Everything seems to be in good working order: the waterpump is good, new fan clutch, new auxillary fan, 50/50 mix of qualily coolant, and redline water wetter. The only thing slightly out of order was that there was too much coolant in the reservoir, so I siphoned some out to the proper level. Could it be THAT simple? Am I missing something else? This car has always ran cool and I want it to continue. It is, by the way, a 3 row radiator. The same as the one I crunched.

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1982 300D Turbo "Helga"
380,000 miles