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| Author: | cw6er [ Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Proper engine operating temperature range? |
It's an '81 Dodge PU D150 with the Lean Burn and Auto. It only has the idiot light for the Coolant Temperature Warning and I have never found the specs. for the proper engine operating temperature range (I've added a gauge). Anyone know? ______________ The parts store is trying to sell me an 195ºF thermostat. I was expecting a slightly hotter 180/185ºF thermostat over the typical 176ºF T-stat because of the Lean Burn, but 195ºF? (This has probably been hashed over a thousand times, but my search just didn't bring anything up, thanks in advance.) Chris |
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| Author: | Reed [ Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:52 pm ] |
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195 sounds good. Earlier this year I actually tried to find a 195 rated thermostat for my brother's 83 Dodge van with a slant and nobody stocked them. Go with the 195 and you should be fine. |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:03 pm ] |
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195° is the factory thermostat rating for 1973 and later slant-6s. |
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| Author: | cw6er [ Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:39 pm ] |
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Ok, so a 195º T-stat it is! Thanks! But that still leaves the temperature range; Normal Op and Red line? |
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