Thermostat question.

twonole · Feb 5, 2011

A couple weeks ago I had to change the thermostat out on my truck while flushing the cooling system, today when cleaning the garage I found the receipt and realized it said 180. My question is will it hurt my truck to leave it in there or should I switch it out to a 195? I just don't want to have to get a new gasket and bleed the cooling system for nothing. And if it helps the truck is running in mostly hot weather down here in sunny Florida

BRUTUS_T_HOG · Feb 5, 2011

won't hurt anything. might reduce fuel mileage by a small amount

Rearanger · Feb 5, 2011

You're not going to gain anything running a cooler stat and running on rich side of mixture is not good for CAT, plugs, oil, gas mileage.

Big Jim M · Feb 5, 2011

Put a 195* back in there..
Big JIm

twonole · Feb 6, 2011

Okay thanks for the help! I'll get that changed out as soon as time allots.

Froggmann · Feb 6, 2011

The 180 t-stat is usually used to reduce or cure pinging issues. If your truck didn't ping w/the 195, then I'd recommend running the 195.

McCormack · Feb 10, 2011

Most people that have actually run a 180* T-stat in their Rangers report that they get slightly better mileage and a bit more power, and on top of that a cooler engine is a longer lasting engine.

Thermostat question.

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