On Fri, February 10, 2006 5:37 pm, WiLieR[SS] wrote:
>
> On 2/10/06, Bill Day <billday@otecom.net> wrote:
>> Anyway, enough bitching. A question here. My temp guage normally ran
>> about
>> 3/8 to half with the 195 thermostat(compared to fuel guage) and now runs
>> slightly off the cold (about 1/8 to 1/4) mark with the 180 thermostat. Is
>> this a normal operating zone for the 180 on the v6 magnums? Just curious
>> cause I drove it home and it never waivered on the gas hard or not.
>> Bill Day
>
> That temp sounds about right. In my 96 Dakota the temp gauge does
> good to make it past the lower mark on the coolant temp gauge if I
> don't snap in my Lund Cold Fronts. Even with them in it barely moves
> to 1/3 the way between the lowest mark and the next. This is with a
> 180 t-stat and full metal (tanks included) radiator. My heater sucks
> without my cold fronts (aka doesn't exist) but with the cold fronts it
> does enough that it knocks off the cold edge and will warm up after a
> while (10-15 minutes of highway driving) inside the cab after it hits
> its highest temp. I don't mind the cold but the wife got a nice 12v
> electric blanket for Christmas and it has yet to leave the cig lighter
> socket in my truck while she is in the passenger seat. So I would say
> that it is about right for a 180 t-stat. FWIW, the temps in my are
> are lows of upper 20s/lower 30s to highs of lower 40s during the day.
>
> WiLieR
With the 180 stat in my 2000 V6 it didn't really change running temp. It
takes a little longer to get to operating temp but that's it.
Now that I'm running the 180 stat with only the stock e-fan I've noticed that
it heats up much quicker. It still runs at the same temp but will creep in
heavy traffic enough to where the fan will sometimes kick on. On the highway
or in regular traffic, it still runs somewhere in the 185 - 200 degree range.
Ambient temps have been in the 20 - 30 degree range lately as well, I get
more heat than I know what to do with. (that could be because of the massive
heater core I just put in though)
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