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Old 05-14-2021, 05:16 PM   #25
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Re: Factory thermostat, really 195º?

Generally, running hot at speed is blockage, like the radiator is clogged.
Generally, running hot at idle is from lack of air flow. Running hot in both regimes is what I had. After a lot of flogging, I put in a high flow thermostat. It's cooling fine, now. I run a 180º t-stat personally, also due to wanting to reduce heat soak. This truck had always started hard when hot, in the 40 years that I have seen it in operation, before and after the rebuild about 25 YA. Now I can repair the AC and use it. My didn't even know it has AC.
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