Re: 180 degree thermostat

From: Vincent Heckathorn (victorylane@iwaynet.net)
Date: Sat Jul 04 1998 - 21:03:29 EDT


Mike I run 160 deg. thermostat and my gauge is just a little over the line
as well. The one thing that I have noticed with the 160 is when in heavy
traffic or sitting for a while the temp rises quite a bit, probably from the
thermostat never getting a chance to close.
Colin H.

mike kulczycki wrote:

> i just put a new 180 degree thermostat the other day, and my truck runs
> so cool right now. it is only a v6, but the needle barely goes over the
> line after the c on the gauge. everything seems to work just fine. the
> thermostat was kind of hard to get to, cuz i didn't remove anything from
> the engine. well just wondering if that is what happened on any of you
> other dak owners. my truck never really got hot before anyways. it
> never even got half way hot.
>
> mike kulczycki
> 94 slt, cc, V6, 2wd, auto, stuff.....
>
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