European Dopers, how are you holding up in the heat?

[Walken_After_Midnight]

@Baron_Greenback

France just broke it’s all-time temperature record with 44.3C (111.74F) recorded today.

It’s up to 45.8C (114.4F) now.

[teela_brown]

@Walken_After_Midnight

It’s up to 45.8C (114.4F) now.

Criminy. 114 is the hottest temperature I’ve ever experienced, and I felt like I was about to faint all the time. The only thing that helped was climbing into a tub of cool water.

[Royal_Nonesutch]

@Walken_After_Midnight

It’s up to 45.8C (114.4F) now.

Interesting, as today in Krakow (which had been brutally hot for the past week) we got a Godsend in the form of a cool front, as the high today was a lovely, mild 73 F (23 C).

I hope the French get some relief soon…

[Moris]

@Doctor_Jackson

Sounds like the thermostat is stuck in the closed position. If so, I have a better idea than cranking the heat, Moris - remove the thermostat entirely. Coolant will circulate full flow whenever the engine is on, keeping it from overheating. The only downside is that it takes the engine longer to reach optimum operating temperature, but for a few days that should be no problem. Save cranking the heat for a last ditch effort to get the vehicle home (or to a mechanic). It does draw heat of the engine, it’s a trick most of my compadres in the southeast US learned young, but I have lost a couple of nice shirts to massive sweat staining that way!

Doc, you’re a saint.

That actually worked!