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If You Can't Take The Heat

Old 08-03-2011, 10:10 PM
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I mentioned to my wife that the Elantra is struggling to run well in the humidity-plus-108ºF heat we've been having. I switched off the radio and air conditioner to lighten the engine's load and it still wasn't up to its normal operating power. Then I drove her car to church (only 105 degrees out) and IT was down on power also.



It

Is

TOO

HOT

to leave the house. Somebody else go to work for me ok?



She reminded me that TWICE when we were driving across the desert during 100ºF+ days on interstate trips it stopped running. This is a bad feeling . . . but it would start up again.



Posted in the char pit b/c its too hot outside and that's the problem. Runs much better when it's only 90º in the mornings.
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dude, maybe bad water pump, or stuck thermostat?



no i wont go to work for you.... wait, what do you do?
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He's a professional porn star.
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Stocker a porn star, maybe he dresses in the PedoBear Costume and runs around walmart...
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108 + humidity



i would be weighing up the benefits of nuclear winter by then
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Originally Posted by Turboron_99
he dresses in the PedoBear Costume and runs around walmart...


That's the hobby. For a living I sell junk on eBay.



The water pump is new. The temperature idiot light gauge doesn't indicate overheat. It just runs wimpy - like a 1 liter instead of a 2 liter. I took my wife's car today. It said 111 while I was in town, 110 in the shade on my driveway.



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