Peugeot Re: 505 '85 TD running too cool?

From: Martin Karo (martin.karo@verizon.net)
Date: Thu 31 Oct 2002 - 00:56:25 EST

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    Hmm. That would appear to argue that the thermostat is stuck open. If it
    were a failed waterpump, the block would heat up, and the temp gauge would
    soar skyward.
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: <firepiston@juno.com>
    To: <martin.karo@verizon.net>
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    Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:28 AM
    Subject: Re: 505 '85 TD running too cool?

    > Temp gauge gets the signal from Temp sender which is a thermistor located
    > in the head next to the thermostat.
    >
    > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:26:02 -0500 "Martin Karo"
    > <martin.karo@verizon.net> writes:
    > > I've been noticing the temperature gauge on my '85 505 TD has been
    > > settling
    > > lower and lower on the dial (steady state). Today, it was in the
    > > high 30s,
    > > and the needle barely got off the blue range, and the heater didn't
    > > work too
    > > well. Bad thermostat? Or water pump? Where does the XD3T
    > > temperature
    > > gauge take its reading from -- the radiator, the pump, or the
    > > block?
    > >
    > > Marty
    > >
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