RE: Thermostat Questions(Too Cold?)

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Tue Mar 09 1999 - 18:23:14 EST


YES. Anything below 160 and the sensors go crazy.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> GrnDak4x4@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 1:16 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Thermostat Questions(Too Cold?)
>
>
> My stock tstat that I want to replace is 195 degrees, say I do get a 180
> degree tstat, is there any possibility that this will make my
> engine actually
> run too cool? When I start my Dakoat up now, it the temp guage,
> once it warms
> up, will come up to its normal spot on the temp guage and rarely if never
> move; now the temp guage needle always comes up and sits about
> about 1/4; no
> where even close to 1/2 on the guage. Since my truck I guess normally runs
> cool, I am just concerned about going to a 180
> tstat and having the engine never come up normal operating temperatures. A
> local parts store I called today said that stock tstats rated at 195 will
> actually just start to open up a 205 degrees; If I were to buy an
> aftermarket
> tstat rates at 195 it will open fully within 2 degrees of 195. So
> should I not
> be worried about my engine running too cool and just get a 180
> degree tstat??
> Or buy a good aftermarket 195 one?? HELP!
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>



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