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Old 12-16-2012, 09:11 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
Daox, what time of year do you remove one piece of foam from your grille? How fast can you go / how hot can it be outside with a 100% block?
Just the other day it was 45F out and I was on country roads for probably 10 minutes. The full grill block was fine, no chance of the fan kicking in. I then got on the freeway (60 mph) and probably traveled another 10-15 minutes, and the coolant had gotten up to 204F before the fan kicked in and dropped the temps back down. I then turned the heat on medium and the coolant fan didn't have to turn on for the rest of the drive which was probably another 20 minutes or so.
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