[rcecale]

Hey, Terry! Hope all is good. Things are pretty good here in Marietta. How's that 951 treating you?

As for the issue with the car, well, no, I'm not positive that the thermostat is the culprit. If you changed it recently, which I kinda figured was the case, when you did the water pump, I wasn't totally convinced. I really just planned to remove it and do the pot-of-water-on-the-oven test on it.

The issue, basically, is that it just runs way to hot during stop and go traffic. If I'm cruising steadily down the freeway, even in the recent high temps we've been having, she runs fairly cool. The needle on the gage stays pretty much straight-up, on the second indicator bar.

If I get caught in traffic, however, it's a completley different story. For instance, I get off work @ 5:30 and work fairly close to I-75 (with lots of rush-hour traffic). It's not uncommon for the gage to be practically into the solid yellow area, withing about 15 to 20 minutes. If traffic is really bad, I've seen it get practically pegged, to the point I've actually smelled coolant. Once traffic picks up again, it cools back down fairly quickly.

When I get home, I pull it into the garage and shut it off and can hear the fan(s) still blowing. can't confirm if it is one or both though.

I've tried reading up on it, both hear and on a few other boards I frequent,, but haven't been able to find anything that definitively tells me what my issue would be. I'm definitely open to suggestions. :-)

Regards,

Randy

edit: It's only 8:45, I think I'll take her for a quick little run and check out those fans...see if they're both spinning.