4kq running cold

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Wed Nov 22 10:56:11 EST 2000


> We just got our first blast of winter here and a problem with my 4kq has
> resurfaced.  In very cold weather and at highway speeds, the car runs
> cold (only 1 or 2 notches up on the temp gauge), sometimes so cold that
> it produces almost no heat in the passenger cabin.  I had the same
> problem last winter, but the weather got warm and I "forgot" about it.
> Now, I'm traveling across PA for T-giving this week and I'd rather not
> freeze my n*ts off driving through the mountains.  Has anybody else
> experienced this and how can I solve it?  Put a piece of cardboard
> behind the grille to block the cold air?  Replace the thermostat?  TIA.

Thermostat.

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 Phil Payne
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