I agree on that, it's def. not stuck closed... and on top of your
reasoning, based on the diagrams I've seen of the heater circulation, it
appears to occur around the t-stat... coolant from from the pass-side of
the engine into the core, out of the core and down into the w-pump.
So if anything, w/ the t-stat stuck closed I would end up with super-hot
heat :)
The super-cold weather is supposed to break soon (today?), so I'll
probably just see if I can stick it out the rest of the winter... I'm
sure in the summer I'll be happy to have a lower temp 'stat... then next
year when I flush for winter I'll replace w/ normal temp...
Rick Barnes wrote:
> If it were stuck closed, the block would overheat fast and you would get no
> heat whatsoever.
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of JAMES KNOX
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:12 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Re: cold hoses, temp gauge at normal?
>
>
> Sounds like the thermostat is stuck closed thus flow restricted.
>
> Jim Knox, 91 Dak 318 LA ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: <ethan@ethanschwartz.com>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:18 PM
> 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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