Yeah,
I'm gonna replace it by this winter anyway.......brrrrrrrrrr, it's kinda odd
that it would go bad that soon too. Do you know of any other good brands of
thermostats?? I just need a 180 degree one for the Jet chip.
Thanks,
Adam H
"Marty Galyean" <mgalyean@acm.org> wrote in message
news:3B1A8145.9D741A88@acm.org...
> Adam,
> A thermostat stuck in the open position is NOT a thermostat. I'd replace
it.
>
> The lifespan of your engine to a large degree depends on consistency of
running
> temperature. You need a thermostat that opens and closes and tries to
maintain
> a consistent temp. All those parts expanding to about the same size each
> warm-up and run etc. I think you'd trip the MIL this coming winter if you
> didn't fix it when it is colder out. You might have problems passing
emissions
> with the engine that cold also.
>
> But these are just educated guess-stimates. As far as I know these things
> aren't a big problem for you.
>
> I am getting a bit concerned about the number of failures reported on the
> Robert Shaw thermos. I picked one up the other day but am beginning to
wonder
> if I want to deal with having to replace it again if and when it fails so
soon.
>
> Marty
>
> Adam H wrote:
>
> > A week or two ago I changed out the factory 195 degree thermostat for a
180
> > degree Robert Shaw one. Worked fine for a while and then stuck in the
open
> > position. It tripped the MIL, so I reset it a week ago and it hasn't
> > tripped since. The engine runs at about 130 - 160 degrees now and seems
to
> > be running good. Is this alright for the engine to run that cool as
long as
> > it doesn't trip any malfunction indicators, or should it really be
running
> > warmer than this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Adam H
>
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