Also, having a couple of holes in there will help stop the temp rising up too far before the thermo opens, as it keeps a small ammount of water flowing so the hot water gets to the thermo.
Friday, August 30, 2002, 12:08:50 PM, you wrote: mk> hi, one thing you could do is drill about 5 to 7 holes in the thermostat about 6-7 mm big. drill in the flat flanged area. mk> i did this to a vl commodore, in which i put a new thermostat ( and got radiator cleaned out) and the temp was about a bit over half way. after i drilled the holes it sits pretty stead on about mk> 1/4 no more. mk> also worked on a v8 chrysler i had once. mk> cheap and easy fix. mk> mark k mk> ----- Original Message ----- mk> From: brett waters mk> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mk> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:37 AM mk> Subject: how hot does your datto run? mk> hi all, i've got a fairly standard L18 and its running temp is just under 100 degrees. is this bad? also when the thermostat first opens up the temp hits about 120 degrees (then back down to mk> about 95 after opening). the thermostat is new. any ideas would be greatly appreciated. mk> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mk> Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: Click Here mk> --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- mk> OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- mk> Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mk> Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mk> No unauthorised redistribution of this email mk> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm mk> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html mk> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ mk> --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Best regards, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
