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Mail From: "Abraham Mara" <(email redacted)>

Thanks all! It seems the consensus is not to worry. Easy for some things =
(like housecleaning), hard for others. But I will strive to do my very bes=
t. Saves me a lot of work and nervousness.

-Abe.
P.S. I did go through and check a few resistences on the guage after linear=
lizing it. I'd call it calibrated - only after I realized I'd be in there =
again to recenter it, I immediately forgot all the values. :-)
----- Original Message -----=20
From: DON SCOTT=20
I think your car was not damaged.

I installed new thermostat, radiator and heater hoses on my 1991 Mazda pi=
ckup truck. Drained coolant, put on the new pieces, filled radiator w/wate=
r. When I went for a drive, the temp gauge didn't go up, the heater failed=
to transmit heat. I drove it for three miles like this thinking the therm=
ostat hadn't opened so coolant wasn't circulating. Evidently there was air=
in the cooling system and insufficient coolant, so I probably got the engi=
ne super hot. After I got home, I let it cool off, drained what water was =
in it. Refilled with water and antifreeze and bled air by loosening a send=
ing unit on the thermostat housing.=20=20

That was a month ago and I've driven the truck a few hundred miles and ap=
parently, no damage was done as everything is ok on the truck.