That is an interesting point. Over the weekend another member had a stuck closed thermostat. On my daily X the temp only gets to an indicated 190 after driving hard or sitting in traffic (the gas line at Costco for me
), which suggests mine is stuck open versus fully closed or partly closed.
What is the lifespan of a OE thermostat one does wonder? Could it be the restriction we are all railing against?
Do you think it was the thermostat only or is there some reason you would think they housing was part of the issue?
On my daily X I am going to be changing the hoses, coolant, clean the radiator, clean the heater core, replace the heater valve, replace the thermostat, replace the long dead radiator thermoswitch (its been dead for years but isn’t much of an issue for me due to the climate here) and the thermostat. I hope this will bring all the systems back to ‘nominal’.
Where do you live (general vicinity) as a climate reference, as I said in my climate and driving habits the temp has never been an issue but the car has also never been running near its limit either.
Thank you for posting what your experience was, it is actual evidence like this that really helps which as we say in product development, one test is worth more than all the opinions of the development team…
You are one of those tests.