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12-01-03, 04:23 AM
#1
temperature
temperature guage reads approx 180-190 when idling or driving in town and heater blows hot..... when out on highway driving 65-70mph temperature drops to approx 120 and heater is barely blowing warm.. just put new thermostat in along with alot of other work
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12-01-03, 05:08 AM
#2
more info would be helpful...
...tell us what year, make and model and what temp was the new thermostat??
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12-01-03, 05:44 AM
#3
99 cavalier
don't know temp of new thermostat... we put it in ourselves, I have the box but nothing told me what temp it was
don't know temp of new thermostat... we put it in ourselves, I have the box but nothing told me what temp it was
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12-01-03, 06:57 AM
#4
darrell McCoy
replacement should be 195, look on the old thermostat for verification of the temp.
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12-01-03, 11:38 AM
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yup...
...my first thought also...a stat stuck open...or possibly misinstalled...if coolant is allowed to bypass the stat because it's not sealed in there properly (which almost always results in a leak) or the wrong stat for the application, then the engine temp will not be regulated and will run too cool at highway speeds
