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1988 Mercedes Benz 190e running hot

Tiny
TKATTOPHOUSE
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  • 1988 MERCEDES BENZ 190E
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 20,013 MILES
Hi my car seems to run hot and needle fluctuations high and when idiling it runs hot and comes down to halfway mark sometime when driving plus the radiator dash llight comes on checked thermostat ok just flushing radiator and adding coolant what else can I llook for
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Monday, April 19th, 2010 AT 7:50 PM

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Tiny
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Hi there,

I would get the radiator cleaned by a radiator repair shop as just back flushing will not clean out any scale and build up in the core tubes, I feel that you will have a part blocked radiator, tart here.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, April 19th, 2010 AT 8:05 PM
Tiny
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Thanks for your reply and flushing it did not fix the problem so would look at putting into radiator lplace
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Monday, April 19th, 2010 AT 9:22 PM

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