Fw: One cool Milano!

[daegrigg <daegrigg@domain.elided>]

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From: "daegrigg" <daegrigg@domain.elided>
To: "Steve An" <stevean@domain.elided>
Cc: <alfa@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: One cool Milano!


> Steve,
>
> Thanks for a great yarn (or is it Yaahrn  in Bean Town).  Have to have my
> 164 recharged,  what is R12 going for these days?
>
> Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve An" <stevean@domain.elided>
> To: <alfa@domain.elided>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:13 PM
> Subject: One cool Milano!
>
>
> > Ciao Tutti,
> >
> > It's been a scorchah here in Bahston (scorcher for you native English
> > speakers), it's just hell on earth HOT! and of course, my attention has
> > turned to getting my Milano A/C up to snub in order to survive.
> >
> > The A/C was recharged earlier this summer and everything was working
> > satisfactorily, or so I thought, the temp. gauge has always swung pretty
> > wildly from 175 to about 210+ (last hash mark before 250), particularly
> > with the A/C on. I have come to accept that as fact of life, Milanos
runs
> > hot, the cooling system was inadequately designed from the factory
etc...
> > or so I thought.
> >
> > I had new water pump, new coolant, new belt, water wetter etc.. the
works
> > all recently done in anticipation of summer, but of course, this week
when
> > I had to really use the AC for the first time in 90+ deg. F, the car
> > promptly over heated, gauge showed 220+, red light went on etc... I had
to
> > drive home with the heat full on in order to keep the car from
> overheating,
> > just dreadful.
> >
> > I brought the car up to Paul Glynn, we replaced the thermostat and
sender,
> > both of which were bad, I drove away, everything was semi OK until I hit
> > stop and go traffic in Boston, red light went on again.
> >
> > Back to Glynn, Michael W. was whispering at my radiator, which I assured
> > him was practically new (replaced 7 years ago), it was the aluminum
> > radiator, with really fine fins, so tightly spaced together that we
> > couldn't feel the air blown through. Michael said this was the old style
> > radiator, which Alfa no longer uses, so we decided to replace it with a
> > brand new Valeo made radiator and lo and behold, the car works
flawlessly,
> > the temp gauge now shows a 180 consistently, no fluctuation, in any kind
> of
> > traffic, fan cycles on/off, almost like a normal car, I am so psyched.
It
> > was always a mystery to me why Alfa temp. gauge was so temperamental
> > compared to other cars, now I know it's my radiator.
> >
> > We also installed a 9" electric fan in front of the AC condenser for
good
> > measure, it is wired to the AC, comes on when AC is on. I am not sure if
> > this is necessary, but one side effect is that the AC is now more
> effective
> > than I had ever imagined, it puts out really cold air, as cold as I ever
> > felt in any car; who knew? from an Alfa AC???
> >
> > Anyway, my wife has now confiscated my Milano and I am back to driving
her
> > Miata with no AC, life is hell again.
> >
> > con brio,
> >
> > - Steve.
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