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Re: <E36> Coolant temp gage reading low
- Subject: Re: <E36> Coolant temp gage reading low
- From: "Nate Smith" <nate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 21:25:27 -0700
Be careful here. If the temperature really is too low, about the only thing
that can cause that is a stuck-open thermostat.
Yes, the water pumps are a problem; yes, the radiators crack; but those
problems only lead to overheating.
- Nate
Nate Smith
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- -----Original Message-----
From: Don Kearns <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>;
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Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected]
<[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, May 20, 2001 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: <E36> Coolant temp gage reading low
>All,
> Ouch. Others point to thermostat, which sounds
>very plausible. Is there any other indication, or a
>typical time-of-life for the plastic impeller, that
>would help me narrow this down?
> What mechanism would lead to a radiator fail
>from this? Plugging a few tubes? I've already got a
>radiator with signs of the dreaded inlet neck cracking
>(small but steady seepage, antifreeze odor).
>
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>--- [email protected] wrote:
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>> and if you don't replace it soon.. you'll need a new
>> radiator too...
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>> Nicolas Roman
>> Senior Engineering Consultant
>> North Miami Beach, FL.
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>> Check the water pump. The factory pump has plastic
>> impellers that are known
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>> break and could be affecting the cooling system as
>> you've noticed. The
>> replacement pumps have metal impellers.
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>> Pieter
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