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#66276 - 10/17/08 09:40 AM

Why a 180 Tstat

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#66277 - 10/17/08 09:41 AM

Re: Why a 180 Tstat

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keeps yoru engine cooler.... kess KR....more HP

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#66278 - 10/17/08 09:45 AM

Re: Why a 180 Tstat

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my temp gauge never reads above 160 is it not accurate I wonder?

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#66279 - 10/17/08 10:28 AM

Re: Why a 180 Tstat

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do you have anymods yet? maybe someone on a tuneup pt a 160* in it? maybe your tstat is stuck open.....maybe your gauge is wrong... could be a bunch of diffrent things

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#66280 - 10/17/08 11:06 AM

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i think my gauge is stuck,I just went and bought a new one. Funny thing happened on the way to the parts store,My dual air is blowing cold on the passenger side and hot on the driver side. I put the code reader on and did not get any codes. Would it read for this? There was some wierd things popped up on my radio dial but I hit volume before I realized what it was. I have not done any mekinicking on it yet.

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#66281 - 10/17/08 12:28 PM

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I'm sure the "weird thing" that popped up on your radio display was the blinking man. That tells you that something is wrong with your A/C system, but it is kind of strange that you couldn't get any codes from your radio display.

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#66282 - 10/17/08 12:31 PM

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Here's how to get codes from the dual zone unit: http://www.grandprix.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004227;p=1#000009 (Scroll down)

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#66283 - 10/24/08 02:54 AM

Re: Why a 180 Tstat

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Just to add to this --- I don't think the dashboard temp gauge is even close to accurate. On every car I've scanned, the PCM's read from the temperature sensor is not very close to whats being displayed on the gauge.

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