SolarFlare
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Drove the mustang to work today. 90* outside and likely similar humidity. AC on and has a reische 170. Coolant temps were 187-191
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Agree. I'd be parking it until I figured it out, you are a pull away from disaster if you aske me.That much blower I definitely wouldn't run cats it is just asking for trouble.
Yes a used purchase and a long story on how I ended up with the car. But I don't have the original owners information and the shop who built it is no longer in business.Agree. I'd be parking it until I figured it out, you are a pull away from disaster if you aske me.
There would or should be some codes thrown.
OP, this is a used purchase, correct?
Hows the tuning? A/F ratio to be exact
This is not correct because if it is not in the radiator long enough to cool that means it is not in the engine long enough to get hot. I bet if you remove the thermostat it will stay cool.Don't know what the stock thermostat is, but 160 - 170 sounds low.
If the thermostat is full open at 170, and say normal running temp is 200.
What happens is the water never stays in the radiator long enough to dissipate heat. It's as bad as not having a thermostat .
Some thinking is the 160 - 170 means car should run happy, cooler rang, opening sooner.
Maybe a 6 banger, a V8 needs the water to stay in the radiator longer. 160-180 were a common thermostat setting many years ago now.
Also high flow water pump, pumps the water thru the radiator fast. So you have fast flow, no more cooling happening.
Cooling only happens with the ambient air flowing thru the radiator. Cooling the water in the core. Speeding that water up dose not make it cool more effectively .
It is correct and is the purpose for having a thermostat.This is not correct because if it is not in the radiator long enough to cool that means it is not in the engine long enough to get hot. I bet if you remove the thermostat it will stay cool.
That is incorrect and not the purpose for a thermostat that is incorrect the purpose of a thermostat to keep a engine at operating temperature. Without the thermostat your engine will increase and decrease in temperature based on ambient conditionsIt is correct and is the purpose for having a thermostat.
That is incorrect
That is incorrect and not the purpose for a thermostat that is incorrect the purpose of a thermostat to keep a engine at operating temperature. Without the thermostat your engine will increase and decrease in temperature based on ambient conditions
Not true. If The cooling system in adequate for the car with the thermostat then it is adequate for the car without the thermostat and it will run cooler. The thermostat is there to maintain a minimum operating temperature not a maximumThat is correct, at running temp it regulates the coolant flow, thru the radiator. Without it the motor will run hotter, quicker/over heat.
Let’s say you have a 170 thermostat at 170° the thermostat is wide open it doesn’t regulate it doesn’t open and close “it’s just wide-open. it will not close again until the temperature goes below 170 then it will close and allow the temperature within the engine to rise back up to 170 before opening again. If you are above 170 it will never close. So above 170 it is exactly the same as not having A thermostatThat is correct, at running temp it regulates the coolant flow, thru the radiator. Without it the motor will run hotter, quicker/over heat.
ExactlyLet’s say you have a 170 thermostat at 170° the thermostat is wide open it doesn’t regulate it doesn’t open and close “it’s just wide-open. it will not close again until the temperature goes below 170 then it will close and allow the temperature within the engine to rise back up to 170 before opening again. If you are above 170 it will never close. So above 170 it is exactly the same as not having A thermostat
I understand your theory that if you have a 180 thermostat it keeps the water in the radiator until the engine warms up and then it uses the cold water to cool the temperature back down but in that scenario your cooling system is adequate to cool it back down so if you didn’t have a thermostat it would just continue to coolDon't know what the stock thermostat is, but 160 - 170 sounds low.
If the thermostat is full open at 170, and say normal running temp is 200.
What happens is the water never stays in the radiator long enough to dissipate heat. It's as bad as not having a thermostat .
Some thinking is the 160 - 170 means car should run happy, cooler rang, opening sooner.
Maybe a 6 banger, a V8 needs the water to stay in the radiator longer. 160-180 were a common thermostat setting many years ago now.
Also high flow water pump, pumps the water thru the radiator fast. So you have fast flow, no more cooling happening.
Cooling only happens with the ambient air flowing thru the radiator. Cooling the water in the core. Speeding that water up dose not make it cool more effectively .