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Old 10-15-2019, 10:57 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by pilut2 View Post
My experience has been different than yours. I drove for a hour or so yesterday with a combination of city and highway driving. In stop and go traffic my temps (according to the gauge) were slightly lower than with the stock thermostat but my highway temps showed a significant reduction with the needle settling just under the 180 mark, where it would've previously been a few needle widths higher, resting in the middle of the 8. It is my understanding that the actual coolant temperature is a fair bit higher than the indicated temperature- so there is no concern about the temperature being too low to burn off any moisture in the oil.
This is the same behavior I'm experiencing with the low temp thermo. You see a more detailed temp readout looking through the ECU.
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