| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,783 | Most OEM electric fans are set to come on at 220 degrees, and turn off again at 200. As long as the coolant isn't boiling and the radiator and heater core can stand 15-17 PSI, the coolant can actually get up to 250+ degrees without doing any damage to the engine. That's how 21st. Century auto makers get away with using tiny radiators- - - -make the engine a pressure cooker! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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