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Hang in there, Cel.
It does cold enough to need the OEM t-stat but not anytime soon. That's why I fought my way to find the last one years ago. That along with wanting the right temp for fuel consumption, warming engine oil (I use conventional), and getting the right performance.
Operating temp does take time to reach but in this weather it's not much longer than with OEM t-stat.
I'm thinking let's forget about the OEM t-stat for now until at least the heating problem is solved.
Does it make sense that properly higher t-stat keeps coolant longer in radiator and regulates it better to cool off that ultimately in extreme weather it cools better than very low t-stats? 150F is just so low it feels like there is no t-stat really since coolant never gets to 150F once it exceeded it, at least not driving in cold highways.
It does cold enough to need the OEM t-stat but not anytime soon. That's why I fought my way to find the last one years ago. That along with wanting the right temp for fuel consumption, warming engine oil (I use conventional), and getting the right performance.
Operating temp does take time to reach but in this weather it's not much longer than with OEM t-stat.
I'm thinking let's forget about the OEM t-stat for now until at least the heating problem is solved.
Does it make sense that properly higher t-stat keeps coolant longer in radiator and regulates it better to cool off that ultimately in extreme weather it cools better than very low t-stats? 150F is just so low it feels like there is no t-stat really since coolant never gets to 150F once it exceeded it, at least not driving in cold highways.