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I have read a lot thermostat bashing here lately, LOL.
I got the new CSF 3 row radiator in tonight, and went and picked up new hoses for 89 repair (plastic tank on 2 YO aluminum-plastic tank Rad died a few days ago), and decided the Thermostat may have failed closed and killed the radiator, or the over heat from her driving it with the leak might have killed it open, so I decided to go with a different T-Stat this time after reading all the stories here.....teeth nashing, bashing, and so on, instead of just using what I have always used, a cheap Duralast T-Stat. Note, that I have not had any known to me T-stat problems over the last 35 years.
So I was doing some reading and decided to get a Mr Gasket 4364 Balanced T-stat after reading how it claims to deal with variable pump pressure better than standard T-stats.
So I thought I would start a thread on T-stats and who has had what luck with what brand, and so on. So this thread is not about your cooling system issues, but is to about, the good, bad and ugly of different T-stats used in our jeeps!!!
"Mr. Gasket high-performance thermostats are designed to resist large variations in coolant pressures that can occur at high rpms. Under these conditions, coolant temperature and pressure fight for control of the thermostat, keeping it from opening at its designed temperature. These balanced high-performance thermostats feature brass-and-copper construction, and open at the right temperature regardless of engine rpm."
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MRG-4364/
I have read threads here over the years where people were having temperature swing issues after upgrading water pumps and radiators...etc, that they tried to solve with different T-stats.......and the Mr. Gasket info struck a cord with me. Not sure if it is BS, or what, but I do recall many posters having issues with wild temp swings after putting in better radiators and coolant pumps.
I got the new CSF 3 row radiator in tonight, and went and picked up new hoses for 89 repair (plastic tank on 2 YO aluminum-plastic tank Rad died a few days ago), and decided the Thermostat may have failed closed and killed the radiator, or the over heat from her driving it with the leak might have killed it open, so I decided to go with a different T-Stat this time after reading all the stories here.....teeth nashing, bashing, and so on, instead of just using what I have always used, a cheap Duralast T-Stat. Note, that I have not had any known to me T-stat problems over the last 35 years.
So I was doing some reading and decided to get a Mr Gasket 4364 Balanced T-stat after reading how it claims to deal with variable pump pressure better than standard T-stats.
So I thought I would start a thread on T-stats and who has had what luck with what brand, and so on. So this thread is not about your cooling system issues, but is to about, the good, bad and ugly of different T-stats used in our jeeps!!!
"Mr. Gasket high-performance thermostats are designed to resist large variations in coolant pressures that can occur at high rpms. Under these conditions, coolant temperature and pressure fight for control of the thermostat, keeping it from opening at its designed temperature. These balanced high-performance thermostats feature brass-and-copper construction, and open at the right temperature regardless of engine rpm."
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MRG-4364/
I have read threads here over the years where people were having temperature swing issues after upgrading water pumps and radiators...etc, that they tried to solve with different T-stats.......and the Mr. Gasket info struck a cord with me. Not sure if it is BS, or what, but I do recall many posters having issues with wild temp swings after putting in better radiators and coolant pumps.
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