jpwinger
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Took a little trip up to Tifton Ga. from Citra Fl. about 180 miles to see Joe. Ran hard 80 or so most of the way, it liked it or so I thought. When pulling off interstate to meet up with Joe (wrong exit !!!!!) not my fault!!!! While waiting for Joe to come and fetch me. Saw a puddle antifreeze on ground small leak in radiator. Got to Joe's ok. Hated to do it but put some good copper stop leak in it. It worked stopped the leak just fine. Drained and changed antifreeze when I got home.Then Joe said we need to Floridaize it. So out comes the thermostat and heat shield. New radiator cap, up graded to 16 lb cap. New hoses to tank. Now temp gauge runs way low. There is the blue cold line then a narrow white line then the thick white operating line then the red line. It now runs in the thin line about half way before the thick operating line. It runs fine but the mpg is lower now 32 or so from around 38. What do you all think about running it at this much cooler temp. All comments are welcome. Thanks Jerry