Overheating and questions thermal sensors
So my 1990 Winnebago Warrior started overheating on a 1300 mile trip a couple of weeks ago. Thought it might have been the thermostat, since at one point the temp spiked and then dropped within s...
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Call me silly, but you *DID* check that you don’t just have a bad thermostat or seized clutch fine ...... right?
Either one of those will cause exactly the symptoms you describe and not respond to any magic flush potion.
I actually bought a thermostat, as I thought that was the problem. It was when I was draining the coolant to do that that I noticed the sediment in the radiator. So I did not replace the thermostat.
I'm a bit concerned because the Chilton manual says the thermostat should have some kind of sleeve gasket which I don't even see how that would fit on a thermostat since it looks like a flying saucer not a cylinder.
Maybe I'll order a Motorcraft thermostat instead of the one I got from O'Reilly.
I did not check the fan clutch.
Steve
