still running hot....HELP!!!!

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Old 09-05-2004, 01:39 PM
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ok last month I had a brand new radiator put on.....it worked fine for a little while. now it's running hot again....I changed the thermostat and it still runs hot....any ideas?

I have a 86 240
 
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How do you know that it is running hot? The temperature compensation board in the instrument cluster may be bad and causing the guage to read innaccuratly.
 
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Old 09-06-2004, 11:31 AM
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that may be it because on friday it was raining heavily and all of a sudden the check battery, parking brake, and brake failure lights all came on and haven't gone off.......how can I check that myself?
 
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