Those of you with Low Temp Thermostats

[Perfectlap]

Have you like me, noticed that temp always seems to stay ver near the 180 hash mark? Even after a long drive. With the old t-stat it was always in the middle or edging towards the next hash mark.

Granted some our mechanics on the forum have pointed how inaccurate the dash gauges are in general. But this does get me thinking whether running an old coolant cap, that presumably is not keeping pressure as well as the new cap, can somehow prevent the coolant from doing its job, resulting in a hotter running engine.

Or perhaps the combination of an updated cap and low temp t-stat provides a significantly better performing coolant system?