New thermostat, warm faster
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Overlanding
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New thermostat, warm faster
Installed a 180 degree stat Stant 45858 in anticipation of desert SW summer, flushed the cooling system twice befor refilling with 50/50 peak coolant, and now my gauge gets to warm (half way on the dial) in half or 1/3 the time it did before, maybe 5-7 min. The old stat I took out looked original, at 87,xxx miles. Anyone have this experience? Thinking of getting an ultragauge just to check it out..,
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Overlanding
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Pretty sure. I'll burp it some more tomorrow i guess. Heater seems to work faster too. Seems strange, wonder if the old stat was stuck open or opened too fast? How long should it take for a DI to get warm street driving at 50 degrees ambient temp?
Pro Wrench
Joined: Oct 2013
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From: Central Minnesota
I replaced mine and I actually get heat out of the heater , even when it gets below 40 degrees!! It never worked too good all winter but it was too cold out to replace it. Now the gauge goes up almost 1/2 way. it didn't do that when the outside temps got below 40 or so.
The cap r parts guy wouldn't sell me anything below a 190 stat. he said he wasn't gonna do it because the computer said it was supposed to be a 190 and that was that. I don't go there anymore....
The cap r parts guy wouldn't sell me anything below a 190 stat. he said he wasn't gonna do it because the computer said it was supposed to be a 190 and that was that. I don't go there anymore....
Rock Crawling
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: Birmingham, AL
I just put in the same stat because of that exact problem. It too now warms up much faster (which is good). The old one was stuck open by a couple mm. If you aren't looking for it, you may have missed it.
Rock Crawling
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: DFW area, TX
I replaced mine and I actually get heat out of the heater , even when it gets below 40 degrees!! It never worked too good all winter but it was too cold out to replace it. Now the gauge goes up almost 1/2 way. it didn't do that when the outside temps got below 40 or so.
The cap r parts guy wouldn't sell me anything below a 190 stat. he said he wasn't gonna do it because the computer said it was supposed to be a 190 and that was that. I don't go there anymore....
The cap r parts guy wouldn't sell me anything below a 190 stat. he said he wasn't gonna do it because the computer said it was supposed to be a 190 and that was that. I don't go there anymore....