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I made the assumption it was air con as all my 8v without air conditioning had single fans and this one twin fans and ac.
It is a late run out model so could be an option chucked in??
OP, how hot is your oil getting? Could your oil not be getting cooled or cooling the engine properly?
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Oil temp gauge no longer works. It failed some weeks before the rebuild and just one of those things I keep forgetting g about. I don't think the oil is getting too hot. The oil cooler is only around a year old.
I'm gonna retry the stat and got my new fan and try sort this sh*t out next time I'm home.