Thermostat question
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Thermostat question
My C5 has been running a little on the hot side 210-220 and someone told me to have a 160 degree thermostat put in.
Can someone tell me what a stock C5 thermostat degree is??
Any tips or better ideas please feel free.....
Can someone tell me what a stock C5 thermostat degree is??
Any tips or better ideas please feel free.....
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This topic is like gun control and abortion
No-one will change thier mind. I have always gone with the lower 160 thermostat. However 220 to 230 is not hot, it's considered normal.
In Atlanta in the summer it gets so hot, you could cook an egg on my hood. I prefer running the car around 200, because intraffic it will still get 230's.
Also, chaging the stat alone will not get your engine coller, you also have to reset the fans to come on earlier. The stat just lets the collant circulate sooner.
Either way you will be fine
No-one will change thier mind. I have always gone with the lower 160 thermostat. However 220 to 230 is not hot, it's considered normal.
In Atlanta in the summer it gets so hot, you could cook an egg on my hood. I prefer running the car around 200, because intraffic it will still get 230's.
Also, chaging the stat alone will not get your engine coller, you also have to reset the fans to come on earlier. The stat just lets the collant circulate sooner.
Either way you will be fine
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How does one "set" the fans??
This topic is like gun control and abortion
No-one will change thier mind. I have always gone with the lower 160 thermostat. However 220 to 230 is not hot, it's considered normal.
In Atlanta in the summer it gets so hot, you could cook an egg on my hood. I prefer running the car around 200, because intraffic it will still get 230's.
Also, chaging the stat alone will not get your engine coller, you also have to reset the fans to come on earlier. The stat just lets the collant circulate sooner.
Either way you will be fine
No-one will change thier mind. I have always gone with the lower 160 thermostat. However 220 to 230 is not hot, it's considered normal.
In Atlanta in the summer it gets so hot, you could cook an egg on my hood. I prefer running the car around 200, because intraffic it will still get 230's.
Also, chaging the stat alone will not get your engine coller, you also have to reset the fans to come on earlier. The stat just lets the collant circulate sooner.
Either way you will be fine
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I was stuck in Chicago traffic and it was pushing 220 and I thought it was gonna pass it but traffic let up and I never got to see if it would have went any higher.
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Not too bad. Yesterday here in So. CA cruising the highway at about 80MPH in fifth gear , and temps outside was 95 degrees and a little hunid for CA. my water temp read 206 and oil read 234. I started to get nervous.
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