outlander
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Columbus,Ohio
Overhauled the cooling system on my 89 4.0 5speed a few months back and now that its cold here I'm overcooling.
What I did:
new closed system including a cse 3 row radiator,MR gasket 195* balanced stat,dual electric fans wired to a manual switch,50/50 coolant mix. and a autometer temp gauge with sender screwed into stat housing.
Drove it around today with the temps in the lower 40's and according to my autometer gauge the temps never got above 180* and the stock gauge read just under the first line also.
If the autometer gauge is reading 180* that would mean the actual engine temp is probably around 170-175* (verified by my IR thermometer)
Is it possible that the MR gasket t-stat is working too good???
So what is the fix here?I'm sure my mileage is down because I'm running in open loop alll the time......
What I did:
new closed system including a cse 3 row radiator,MR gasket 195* balanced stat,dual electric fans wired to a manual switch,50/50 coolant mix. and a autometer temp gauge with sender screwed into stat housing.
Drove it around today with the temps in the lower 40's and according to my autometer gauge the temps never got above 180* and the stock gauge read just under the first line also.
If the autometer gauge is reading 180* that would mean the actual engine temp is probably around 170-175* (verified by my IR thermometer)
Is it possible that the MR gasket t-stat is working too good???
So what is the fix here?I'm sure my mileage is down because I'm running in open loop alll the time......
