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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