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Old 10-10-2012, 09:46 PM   #10 (permalink)
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put your hand on the radiator cap (don't open it) and feel if it's warm when the engine temp is roughly 1/4 way up...at that (1/4) temperature the thermostat should be closed and the cap should be cold, if it feels warm then your thermostat is open and allowing fluid to pass through the radiator so that's why it takes so long to warm up
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