ANY aluminum head engine (the majority of engines, BTW) will suffer greatly by being overheated.

Oddly enough though, this is usually caused by a simple fault.
The auxillary fan fails to come on when needed and an engine rapidly overheats when stopped, or driven slowly in traffic.

And many times it is simply a matter of the electrical connector plug gets corroded from salt, etc. because it is usually hanging down near the bottom of the radiator.

Solution and preventive maintenance.
Replace any european plug connector with a Toyota connector from a salvage yard. You will see when you pull one of these apart, no matter how old and grungy, that the contacts are as new. They use a nifty O-ring seal in their connectors which greatly contributes to the overall impression of Toyota longevity and quality.
A small but significant thing like this can upgrade any engines chance for survival.

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Ed
1981 300CD (Benzina)
1968 250 S (Gina) 266,000 miles!
1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6 (Guido)
1976 Jaguar XJS-saved a V-12 from the chevy curse, what a great engine!
1988 Cadillac Eldorado (better car than you might think!)
1988 Yamaha Venture (better than a Wing!)
1977 Suzuki GS750B
1976 Yamaha XS 650 (sold)
1991 Suzuki GSX1100G (Shafty Gixser)
1981 Yamaha VX920RH (Euro "Virago")
Solex Moped
1975 Dodge P/U camper


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