Re: E30 Overheating

[Norm Grills <grills@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:20:51 -0700
>From: "David Bobanick" <nharvest@domain.elided>
>Subject: E30 Overheating -- any advice?
>
>Just returned from a trip in my '85 325E through Eastern WA, where temps
>reached 108 degrees.  The car would not stay cool.  I was forced to open the
>windows and run the defroster on full heat every so often to keep the gauge
>reading at just over 1/2.  As soon as the heater was turned off, the temp.
>rose to 3/4, and a few times slipped over that mark.  If I even dared turn
>on the AC -- weak soul that I am, it sounded like a pleasant idea -- the
>temp. rode at an even faster rate.  Average speed was 65-75 mph, and of
>course, the temp. rose more quickly when going uphill.
>

Change the coolant reservoir cap.  There was a recall for 86 and probably
for 85 too.

FWIW.....

Norm

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