3rd 195* T Stat
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Originally Posted by headcustodian
My 92 F150 has a showroom condition interior. I'll be damned if Im going to drill any holes anywhere for a cheap guage. Don't worry I'll figure it out all by myself. The End!
Sometimes you're better off not to worry about these things. Example: I once bought a nice 77 Datsun 280Z from a coworker with a toasted engine. What had happened is the OEM oil pressure gauge developed an odvious ground problem. Well they became obsessed with the oil pressure so they installed a cheap oil pressure gauge. Well that was fine untill a couple of weeks later that crappy nylon line running to the gauge got a hole rubbed in it pumping ALL of the oil from the engine and causing it to sieze. DUMB IDEA.
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The range on the gauge is about as useful as wings on a penguin.
Don't trust that gauge at all. Borrow an infared heat gun, or just get an oven thermometer. Something, anything, that will give you a more accurate reading. It probably isn't running too cold.
Don't trust that gauge at all. Borrow an infared heat gun, or just get an oven thermometer. Something, anything, that will give you a more accurate reading. It probably isn't running too cold.
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AGAIN
Anyway I got the two tempsticks out that I had on hand an 150 and a 225. With the needle on the "N" the 150 tempstick will melt on the t stat housing the 225 does not.
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Originally Posted by Krochus
:That puts the temp somewhere between 150 and 225 degrees so no the engine isn't runnin too cold, In my case the heater in my truck just sucks.
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There is no right or wrong way to hook them up. What might of happened was when you pulled the hoses,you purged the air from the heater core. whithout even knowing it. This inturn allowed the coolant to flow freely through the core. A heater core is just a baby radiator.
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Unless you put them on upside down. Right? yuk,yuk.
Just to let everyone know. I put a 16" elec. cooling fan on, set at 195*
1) Temp is now mid range
2) Heat is excellent
3) A little more power
4) Fuel mpg up 3.5 around town
The fan almost never kicks on. When it does it only draws 6.5 amps. If you could only see me smiling. I wouldn't be surprised if mpg picks up a little more once the puter relearns itself.
Thanks all
Frank
Just to let everyone know. I put a 16" elec. cooling fan on, set at 195*
1) Temp is now mid range
2) Heat is excellent
3) A little more power
4) Fuel mpg up 3.5 around town
The fan almost never kicks on. When it does it only draws 6.5 amps. If you could only see me smiling. I wouldn't be surprised if mpg picks up a little more once the puter relearns itself.
Thanks all
Frank
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Probably was a bad fan clutch? Anyhow, you can indeed hook up a heater core wrong, on some cars and trucks, depending on their design. Mainly because of the exact reason stated earlier. Air can be stuck in the core and not purge when running the engine in some designs.
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I agree but, Those heater cores almost always have two different size inlets on the core itself. If not always. I also disagree with the fan clutch theory. I bought a new one and it did the same exact thing. All I kept hearing is, these motors always run on the cold side. So what I did was.I just took the fan off completely. Drove it for one full day. I put 90 miles on it,without overheating once. Temp stayed mid range all day at 70* outside temps. So I decided to put an elec. fan on for the really hot weather.
If you pay attention to any front wheel drive vehicle. You will notice how little the fan actually kicks on,and when it does. It's for a very short period of time. So my of thinking was to remove the fan. Whats nice about this is even in hot weather the motor will run cooler do to the cfm's the fan pulls. Its a win win situation.
Bottom line. It works for me,and hopefully someone else with the same problem.
If you pay attention to any front wheel drive vehicle. You will notice how little the fan actually kicks on,and when it does. It's for a very short period of time. So my of thinking was to remove the fan. Whats nice about this is even in hot weather the motor will run cooler do to the cfm's the fan pulls. Its a win win situation.
Bottom line. It works for me,and hopefully someone else with the same problem.