You can run a 70/30 mix of Water/Coolant and not worry about overheating or
freezing. remember, the coolant is mainly there to raise the boiling point
and lower the freezing point of the water. The water is what transfers the
heat from the engine block...not the coolant.
Try changing the turn-on temperature of your fan to about 180...it might be
a little bit too high for the cooling process. Mine now comes on at 175 and
she runs cool all day long...even in rush hour traffic.
- Bernd
(V6...yeah, I know.) ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Justin Sanders
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 11:08 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: 180 tstat not as cold as I thought!
Ok I installed my 180 tstat and it got cooler, but not as cool as I thought
it would. I looked at other DMLers pages and saw their needle lower then
mine. my needle is about 1 to 2 mm to the right of the line. I think it
might be becuase they have an electric fan. I also thought it was like that
becuase i had more water then antifreze but I know I didnt. Hope I didnt
asnwer my own question again. Oh yeah and the temp was about 80 - 85
outside... hmmmm Thanks a lot to those who respond... Or maybe its cuz I
have a V8 and the others had 6ers? nahhhh... I'm just rambleing... OR maybe
cuz I got just a plain ole 180 and not a performance one... hmmm ramble
ramble ramble....
Sanders
95 v8/318 2wd SLT, FIPK, 180 tstat <--- hehe I can put that down now
woohoo soon enough I'll have four lines of mods! ;-)
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