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Old 02-02-2009, 03:03 PM   #8 (permalink)
some_other_dave
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Originally Posted by metroschultz View Post
She never had an overheating problem last summer and she drives like a maniac.
I have a coroplast panel completely blocking the front side of my CRX's radiator, behind the grille. The temps got too high for me on two occasions:

1- When driving 70 MPH on a long freeway trip on a relatively cool night. Backing off to 50 MPH brought the temps back down to the normal operating range.

2- When driving 55 MPH on that same longish freeway trip on a very warm (~70F) afternoon. Slowing down to 50 MPD did not bring the temps back down, so I had to remove the block. It has since been re-installed for my short daily commutes.

-soD
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