Getting Warm
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Getting Warm
Gentlemen, I just love my 96 powerstroke. Up until now the temperature has always stayed below the "N" in Normal. Now however the gauge is starting to show the engine getting a little warm........nothing over the middle of the gauge yet.......but now I have noticed that if I go slow.......it stays real cool.......when I speed up to 65 or so it starts getting warm.......when I slow down it gets cool again........any ideas. I keep the coolant changed and a new radiator was put in two years ago.....about 200,000 on the engine
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Thanks for the post..........on a 96 just where is the thermostat located........On the end of the upper radiator hose there is a metal tube like housing that looks like it goes into the water pump.......is the thermostat between the end of the tube like housing and the water pump?
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thats where its at
the 203 t stat works great in theese trucks the only place that has the right one is dieselsite it has to be a long stem tstat the short wont work right. may as well buy a new tstat housing while you have that one off the tstat housing is lame and usually leaks if reused
the 203 t stat works great in theese trucks the only place that has the right one is dieselsite it has to be a long stem tstat the short wont work right. may as well buy a new tstat housing while you have that one off the tstat housing is lame and usually leaks if reused
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Originally Posted by Mike8623
Gentlemen, I just love my 96 powerstroke. Up until now the temperature has always stayed below the "N" in Normal. Now however the gauge is starting to show the engine getting a little warm........nothing over the middle of the gauge yet.......but now I have noticed that if I go slow.......it stays real cool.......when I speed up to 65 or so it starts getting warm.......when I slow down it gets cool again........any ideas. I keep the coolant changed and a new radiator was put in two years ago.....about 200,000 on the engine
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What advantage is the higher temp tstat? My 96 runs very cool and always has, almost never above the "N". I've never had a problem with it running this way, but do notice the exhust valve is annoying in the winter until the truck warms up. Will a 203 tstat warm the truck up faster and prevent the valve from closing as often?
thanks,
Jeff
thanks,
Jeff
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Originally Posted by weldboy
What advantage is the higher temp tstat? My 96 runs very cool and always has, almost never above the "N". I've never had a problem with it running this way, but do notice the exhust valve is annoying in the winter until the truck warms up. Will a 203 tstat warm the truck up faster and prevent the valve from closing as often?
thanks,
Jeff
thanks,
Jeff
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My truck seems to run cool also. I have heard the 203 thermostat makes the 7.3L run better and even pick up MPG. Sounds good, but I have yet to try it. Has anyone who has done this upgrade noticed an improvement aside from having hotter air for the defroster?!
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Originally Posted by weldboy
What advantage is the higher temp tstat? My 96 runs very cool and always has, almost never above the "N". I've never had a problem with it running this way, but do notice the exhust valve is annoying in the winter until the truck warms up. Will a 203 tstat warm the truck up faster and prevent the valve from closing as often?
thanks,
Jeff
thanks,
Jeff
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