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Old April 23rd 13, 04:45 AM posted to rec.autos.misc,alt.home.repair
Tony Hwang
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Default radiator caps, cooling system pressure

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:21:32 -0700, Ashton Crusher >
> wrote:
>
>> I was thinking of putting a higher pressure cap on one of my cars to
>> increase the factor of safety against boiling.

>
>
> How often does that happen? If it is frequent, you have other
> problems that need to be fixed. Last time I had a boil over was
> probably in the 1960's or so.
>
> This is not the proper thing to do. The engineers have put a lot of
> work into getting the right temperature and pressures and you think
> you can do a better job? Really?
>

Hi,
As well today's cars are monitored and controlled by computers. Better
not fool around.
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