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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
This is where your argument breaks down, you have chosen the only exceptional case where the two cars are the same, when stuck in heavy traffic, the rest of their existence, where they spend most of their life, is entirely different because they are running at different temperatures, both oil and coolant.
I don't know about where you live, but we don't spend our entire drive time stuck in slow or non moving traffic. And the difference on oil life and engine wear can bes significant
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But that's the WHOLE point. The time when you want help with temps is when they are high.
With the standard stat, you are fine in normal driving. Temps are not an issue. What we want is something to prevent temps from getting too hot. Like heavy traffic.
But as soon as the temps start going up, the differences between the two stats fairly rapidly become moot.
So yes, most of the time in normal driving, the low temp stat means lower oil and coolant temps. But to no advantage because the standard car is not running very hot either!