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Originally Posted by masraum
I feel like most of the time, temps reported by autos are optimistic because the car has been absorbing heat and is reading high from what the actual temp is.
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I've found ours to be pretty accurate. 10 miles down the road on I-10 going up White Water grade it read 109* at 74 mph.
Reminded me of the time I brought my Alfa home. 114*, car was puking coolant out the overflow tank, had to stop at every exit that had water available until we hit the far side of Riverside. Pissed my wife off no end having to follow us, but we made it without blowing up the engine. Later found out the car had a condenser left in it in front of the radiator as well as a key piece of the cooling system was missing. The little bypass valve was gone from the hose it was supposed to reside in which meant no water was going to the radiator for the most part.