Calling for a Pow wow from the Best and the Brightest - Overheating.
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Frams are good for the 500 mile break-in to grab all the leftover shrapnel.
At the 500 mile oil change, in goes the WIX.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
The needle stays right above the low mark thanks to the perfectly working 185° Stant SuperStat™ thermostat......
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Ironwolf
Senior Member
SWEET !!!!!!!!!!!!
ccasion14:
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
So then you are saying it wasn't the thermostat????????? :urkidding::urkidding:
It could be the water pump.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
You were scaring me for those few minutes.... how many miles does your car see a year? Couldnt the WIX do the job for the break-in too?
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
mdh157
Senior Member
He can easily check that by feeling the upper hose......if the stat isn't opening the hose shouldn't get hot, maybe lukewarm but they don't normally conduct enough to make it hot to the touch w/o the flow.
And yes, I know i'm real late to the party on this one and it's prob fixed already......but i'm going to read the whole thread instead of skipping to page 15.
bwahahahahaha
mdh157
Senior Member
You forgot rule #3: If it's not a long time trusted name in auto parts assume it's improperly made.
I have seen countless times when a 'new' brand comes out and claims their product is a perfect fit and it is anything but that. My water pump is my most recent example......has raised areas on the outside on the body that forced me to take part of the car back apart just to put shims on the fan bolts to keep them from rubbing on the pump body.
Mark, he edited that post so many times that he's listed at least seven rules.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Yeah I'm out of fingers so I lost count lol
mdh157
Senior Member
lol......I'm glad I read the entire thread, it was very entertaining. Also was an excellent reminder of the camaraderie we have here that one is hard pressed to find on other forums. We were reminded of a few things as well:
- Stan can be provoked to use foul language just like most of the rest of us
- Dave is never wrong
- All parts are not made equal
- A/C on a car does nothing more than result in extra work
- If you live in Florida having to work on your car in the wintertime does result in lost driving time
- Stant makes a damn good thermostat (maybe not all agree on that but I do believe we have a quorum)
- You can beat the flat rate if you change the same part enough times
- If we all got together and drank there might end up being more fights than we'd like to admit
Have a great night everybody.
- Stan can be provoked to use foul language just like most of the rest of us
- Dave is never wrong
- All parts are not made equal
- A/C on a car does nothing more than result in extra work
- If you live in Florida having to work on your car in the wintertime does result in lost driving time
- Stant makes a damn good thermostat (maybe not all agree on that but I do believe we have a quorum)
- You can beat the flat rate if you change the same part enough times
- If we all got together and drank there might end up being more fights than we'd like to admit
Have a great night everybody.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
That sums it up ............ For the record, I think I was wrong on FCBO twice ........... but I could be wrong
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
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65Fury440
Senior Member
HaHa, this thread came up as a suggestion on another thread. I was almost certain it was the thermostat.
I have read it a couple times before... threads like that are why I became a member. The bonus was all the great members in Florida and PGH... the only 2 places I knew I might get to actually see some members.
So the first one of them I actually met in person? The guy from Jersey...
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
I hope he didn't disappoint
