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Old 06-30-2013, 04:58 PM   #121 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Joggernot View Post
I lived in southern NM for 15 years. I know what you went through. Every vehicle ran hot and the air-cooled motorcycle ran very hot. I never saw a semi with the radiator covers closed during the summer. Had to have all the cooling available. Air Dams were popular in Carlsbad for the Honda and small car people.

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I can see that. I was driving the kia rio over white sands mountian and it started to heat up. I turned the A/C off and it almost went back down to the usual needle sitting point.
I found out later that the kia had an air dam and that it was torn off at some point before I bought it.

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