Date:         Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:34:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      new thermostat installed- now i have a question.
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Hi there
i finially stopped playing internet mechanic and got good and dirty this
weekend and worked on my bus. I put new braked pads up front and changed
the thermostat.  I tested the old thermostat with a NIST traceable
thermometer and it started to open at 160F!! Yikes!  So that was certainly
the problem i have been experiencing.  The new one (a la Bus Depot) is
stock (185) and went in with any fancy language.

Question: how warm should the coolant be when driving and/or what should
the temp sender voltage be? I bled the system 2x but after driving for
about 20min the temp needle was 2/3 the way between the LED and the
white-zone. I've never driven that warm before.

Ok, back to work.  Have fun.


Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu