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garyd1961 · 11-22-2017, 08:48 PM

"The reason I do not believe a lower temp thermostat would help here is because I feel as though most people don't understand how a thermostat works. A thermostat's job is to regulate temperature - period. When your engine is getting hot like mine was (30 degrees over thermostat rating) this means your thermostat is wide open. This would be good and cooling the engine but a wide open thermostat is not giving the coolant enough time in the radiator to cool down - combined with the fact that you are not moving (not getting cool air through the radiator) causes a never ending stream of water that just keeps increasing in temperature. If I had a 180 thermostat it also would have gotten stuck fully open, just at a much sooner rate, which is why I believe it would actually be worse in that situation"

This^ is just completely wrong.

11-22-2017, 08:48 PM	#5
garyd1961 Registered User Join Date: May 2016 Location: Henderson NC Posts: 975	Re: Should I be worried with these temps? "The reason I do not believe a lower temp thermostat would help here is because I feel as though most people don't understand how a thermostat works. A thermostat's job is to regulate temperature - period. When your engine is getting hot like mine was (30 degrees over thermostat rating) this means your thermostat is wide open. This would be good and cooling the engine but a wide open thermostat is not giving the coolant enough time in the radiator to cool down - combined with the fact that you are not moving (not getting cool air through the radiator) causes a never ending stream of water that just keeps increasing in temperature. If I had a 180 thermostat it also would have gotten stuck fully open, just at a much sooner rate, which is why I believe it would actually be worse in that situation" This^ is just completely wrong.