Re: RE: NOW: thermostat WAS: Cap & rotor with brass terminal

From: Andy Levy (andy.levy@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 05 2005 - 11:44:42 EST


On 12/5/05, Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Rick Barnes wrote:
> > Agree with Josh, I think 192 is stock in mine and consider a Motorad Fail
> > Safe which you can get at Autozone, if it sticks, it sticks OPEN, not
> > closed.
>
> Personally my experiance with those Failsafe thermostats is that they
> tend to fail more frequently than a regular thermostat. I don't think
> they are worth the added cost - you can pretty much count on it locking
> in the open opsition sooner or later. The more common reason for a
> sticking thermostat is not that the springs got weak... but from
> deposits and corrosion from old or improperly balanced coolant levels.
>
> For whatever reason the Failsafes tend to be troublesome. I've had
> customers who were very displeased with them.

It's all about the name. If they had been branded "Clunker" they'd
work perfectly every time.



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