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In my case all cooling system was recently renewed with all new hoses water pump radiator and 8 blade fan.
Last night I went for a little cruize weather was about 60F, my idiot temp light was really high, I turned around and went home. I popped the hood and the hoses and radiator was really really hot.
So today I pulled the thermostat housing and Im wondering if my thermostat is working or not. I further discovered i probably have 90/10 antifreeze far too green so I will drain and try 60/40.
Is this after market 180f stat ok for my rig, or should I have picked up an oem stat.
I also noticed the upper rubber gasket does not fit properly on the stat but does fit perfectly on inner top housing, is this a proper fitting, could this be contributing to what i believe is a hotter than normal running system.
Im going to pick up a mechanical temp gauge for a piece of mind and avoid a cracked head.
I noticed some guys place food/cooking thermometers into the fins of their radiators, is this effective and what should temps run at while on highway.
Im going to try running without a stat to see what happens in the mean time.
In my case all cooling system was recently renewed with all new hoses water pump radiator and 8 blade fan.
Last night I went for a little cruize weather was about 60F, my idiot temp light was really high, I turned around and went home. I popped the hood and the hoses and radiator was really really hot.
So today I pulled the thermostat housing and Im wondering if my thermostat is working or not. I further discovered i probably have 90/10 antifreeze far too green so I will drain and try 60/40.
Is this after market 180f stat ok for my rig, or should I have picked up an oem stat.
I also noticed the upper rubber gasket does not fit properly on the stat but does fit perfectly on inner top housing, is this a proper fitting, could this be contributing to what i believe is a hotter than normal running system.
Im going to pick up a mechanical temp gauge for a piece of mind and avoid a cracked head.
I noticed some guys place food/cooking thermometers into the fins of their radiators, is this effective and what should temps run at while on highway.
Im going to try running without a stat to see what happens in the mean time.