Put a guage in yesterday and discovered she's running a little hot. Like 240 degrees!
And probably has been for a quite a while. The idiot light wasn't working because I had the wrong sender in there, (long story, won't go in to it.)
So today I found a thermostat left over from a trip to the junkyard and verified it worked by dropping it in boiling water. It was labelled 180 degrees but I didn't check that. I drilled a hole in it too.
Got the part installed and the engine temperature settles in at 200*.
I want to check the coolant temperature at the rad spout to verify the gauge, so should it also read 200, or perhaps at bit cooler?
Would adjusting the coolant mix make any difference? I just kind of eyeball a 50/50 mix.
Is 200* too hot?
And probably has been for a quite a while. The idiot light wasn't working because I had the wrong sender in there, (long story, won't go in to it.)
So today I found a thermostat left over from a trip to the junkyard and verified it worked by dropping it in boiling water. It was labelled 180 degrees but I didn't check that. I drilled a hole in it too.
Got the part installed and the engine temperature settles in at 200*.
I want to check the coolant temperature at the rad spout to verify the gauge, so should it also read 200, or perhaps at bit cooler?
Would adjusting the coolant mix make any difference? I just kind of eyeball a 50/50 mix.
Is 200* too hot?
