"Anthony Wilson" <tw1985fla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks, I meant to say "built". Obviously the car could have sat at the
> dealer's for one week or six months. I found the original owner's
papers.
> He
> bought it new in 1988, then my brother-in-law bought it in 1998, and I
got
> it in 2001. It's still running well but needs some little things. It's
now
> overheating in traffic so I think it might be the thermostat. I'm a
> computer
> engineer, not cars.
This is a symptom of a failed fan clutch.
I don't even change my oil. Anyway, once I start moving,
> the car cools down to normal.
Except for the part about changing oil, this is also a symptom of a fan
clutch.
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