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Originally Posted by jrwilson
I live in a cooler part of the world and my car runs pretty cold - it rarely goes above 140.
If it's really hot out in stop and go it'll get close to 200, and the car runs WAY BETTER at 200 than any other temp, so I'm wondering if I can delay the opening of the external cooler so I get the engine to run at 200 more often.
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Jeremy,
Test your auxiliary thermostat in an heated oil or water bath. The thermostat is NORMALLY CLOSED below 185°F and will gradually open until it is fully wide open at around 200°F. This is the normal operating condition.
I suspect that your auxiliary thermostat is prematurely open and causing you to have a long time to get to operating temperature. Without testing your thermostat, it would be difficult to assess the root cause of your problem.
Place the thermostat in a heated oil or water bath and observe the slide valve opening change from fully CLOSED to wide OPEN. The most common problem is a stuck valve at closed position to cause overheating. Yours could be the opposite.
Tony