| Re: Low coolant temps and no heat |
Subject: Re: Low coolant temps and no heat by dan0617 on 2008/11/27 0:00:47 I do agree with the above post that the 160 stat won't make it run much, if any, cooler in the summer. That is because it is hard to get the antifreeze below 160 degrees when the ambient is 90 or more and the engine is producing heat. On a 90 degree day I can keep mine running in the ballpark of 185 with a 180 stat. Occasionally it will drop a hair below 180 but comes right back up. This is, of course, with the AC off. Once the AC is on there is so much heat coming out of the condenser that it runs about 205 to 210. If you go hotter than a 180 stat or set the fan off temp much higher than 190 you will start keeping alot of heat in the engine and things will become heatsoaked much worse in the summer heat. |
