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Mine was pushing the "L" until I replaced my cheap stainless steel thermostat with a good old brass one. Both were 195 deg. Now it stays near the "O". 1986 F150 with 200,000 miles.
well, before the old pump blew it was running at m, what year is your truck, becuase mine is efi obd2, it may have a different operating temp than others
well, before the old pump blew it was running at m, what year is your truck, becuase mine is efi obd2, it may have a different operating temp than others
Eventually I'm going to put that info in my sig. like some of the other cool kids do. I've got a '93 OBD1. It was pointed out to me in a different forum that Ford designed the guages to ride around the middle to show normal because it was what looked best. Good thing they didn't use numbers. Kidding.
I have a 180 stat, and it hits 180 and dosen't budge, it moved once, when I was towing a tractor on my trailer up 222 which has a pretty good grade, and it was about 100 in mid summer, But I kept the V8 radiator from the 352 that was in the truck.