Miata Mailing List: June 1997, Message #108
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From: 	"John Freas" <jfreas@gte.net>

Subject: Re: 160 thermostat

Date: 	Mon, 2 Jun 1997 14:14:31 -0500



Previously on 160 thermostat, QUEST7000@aol.com (Garry) said...

 

>     I awhile back, like many of you, had replaced the stock thermostat

with a

> 160 unit.. I would like to know if the temperature gauge would read on

the

> cooler side. The position of my gauge is the same as original.. I would

> figure that with the cooler unit that it would bring down the needle some

> torwards the cooler side of the gauge. Any insight to this would be

> appreciated.. 



If I recall the debate correctly, the reading on the gauge won't change. 

The difference in the thermostats is that the 160 will open at a lower

temperature than the factory unit, thus allowing coolant to reach the

radiator sooner.  The operating temperature of the engine is much higher

than 160 degrees, so the 160 is not a limit, but rather the trigger

temperature at which the thermostat opens.



The end result is that the car takes longer to reach its operating

temperature than with the factory unit, but it will reach it just the same.



	-John



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John Freas (jfreas@gte.net)

Red '90 Base #7690

Deer Park, Long Island

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