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      05-08-2012, 09:07 PM   #18
Scottycs
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Originally Posted by JamesM3M5
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Originally Posted by Scottycs
Well with a the Tstat opening earlier and the fan running (jb4 maxcool feature), you could avoid these high temps. At 115c the car goes into limp I believe, and just in traffic on a cool day I see 108C. Just seemed high to me...
[At 108C the thermostat is already wide open. It's open at 97C. To cool any better, you'd have to run the water pump faster and shed more heat from the radiator.
Wow. That's pretty weak. My n52 consistently ran 80-100C, typically on the lower side.
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