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Old 10-13-2011, 02:10 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by [ion] C2 View Post
On topic, don't do it. If you understood how the cooling system works you'd know lowering the temperature at which the thermostat opens will not solve any sort of overheating problem.

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Originally Posted by Papa Rad17 View Post
My understanding was is that would open circulation to the radiator to be cooled at a lower temp.

Yes you are correct, however if you have a 195 thermo and the car is overheating and chage that to a 180 thermo, it's still going to overheat. If your having overheat issues, a $12 thermo isn't going to fix the problem, unless it's sticking.

Just looked up the thermo, it seems the OE is 180* IDK if you want to go to a 160* which is the next one down
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