Yeah, forgot to mention that it's a 5.2... The heat thing is a real in
the ass, especially at the moment (my thermo says -3*F right now)...
I'm going in for an oil change tomorrow (way to cold and no garage = pay
the $25)... maybe I should ask them about changing out the thermostat to
a normal 195 version... the lack of heat is pretty damn annoying...
Rick Barnes wrote:
> Its possible, my 5.2 only reads your temp gauge and I have a 180
> thermostat...it does not heat up unless I am idling, and that is with the
> electric fan. It does not run but at about 1/4 when its cold, (for here in
> the South), like high 20s-30s. My grand dad had a brilliant idea. He had a
> big old pickup and in the front, he kept a window shade...took me a while to
> figure out it was so he could pull that shade down to block the radiator to
> heat up better on those really cold days...damn genius.
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> ethan@ethanschwartz.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 8:19 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: DML: cold hoses, temp gauge at normal?
>
>
> Ok people, put your heads together for this...
>
> It's been really cold around here (as I'm sure you all know)... but my heat
> is
> worthless... when I'm moving I get hardly any heat, the interior maybe hits
> like ~50* after a 15-20 mi drive...
>
> The temp gauge reads about 1/4"-1/2" below the 210-mark, which I think is
> about
> right, considering it should be a 195* stat?
>
> But..... I let the truck idle while I stopped off at my mom's tonight... 15
> minutes turned into 3 hours... then I drove home (20mi)... got gas (truck
> still
> running)... and opened the hood (still running) and the hoses (upper
> radiator
> and both heater) were all barely warm to the touch, about the temp of a hot
> shower... I've never owned a car/truck where the hoses are NOT scalding hot
> after it's been running for a while...
>
> What are the chances that the previous owner was some kind of a genius who
> thought that colder is better, put in a 160* stat and then tossed a resistor
> in-line w/ the temp sensor to fool the computer into thinking the engine is
> running hoter then it is?
>
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