Coolent system parts Q's

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

87C is the opening temp of the stock thermostat.  That's about 189F.

The 180F thermostat (about 82.5C) is the cooler-running thermostat - that 
is to say it will open at a lowe temperature.


HTH,

Drew


On Tue, 13 May 2003, Calimus wrote:

> I'm getting ready to overhaul a few different things in my rocco but I'm
> startig with the coolent system first.  Now I've heard a lot of folks
> here on the list talk about the low temp t-stat and fan switch.  At the
> potters site I see a normal 180 t-stat and then there is one that says
> 87 degree.  I'm guessing I want the 87 degree and the low temp fan
> switch.
> 
> What I'm wanting to make sure of is that this won't cause the car any
> problems come winter.  I live in North Georgia and it's not uncommon to
> have 20 degree temps on the morning drives to work durring the worst
> part of winter.  So, how should I go about this.  I just don't want to
> freeze my ass off in the mornings if I don't have to.
> 
> William Snyder
> 

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