M52b28tu cooling issue

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Corasdad
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Wed Aug 13, 2025 7:22 pm

I took my car to have a wheel alignment today about 20 min there 20 mins back during my return drive the temp crept into the red, my car has the electric thermostat and dan has done a cooling map, i have a 14 inch pusher fan on at all times, what elsa can i do to keep temp right as this got very close to over heating, please help
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flybynite
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Wed Aug 13, 2025 7:32 pm

Likely it is not as bad as it seems, the temp gauge is very sensitive to resistance. Are you using the M52 temp plug or an E30 one? If it is E30 then is it genuine? Non-genuine ones are known to be problematic.
Corasdad
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Wed Aug 13, 2025 7:48 pm

Using a non standard e30 ,after speaking to dan he said it prop is because my fan is running constantly and block air
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