Installed a 160 thermo.. Temp didn't change
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Installed a 160 thermo.. Temp didn't change
Hey guys, this may sound like a BS question, but I installed 160 thermostat and the operating temperture stayed about the same... Am I missing something?
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I had mine put in at ARD, they tuned the fans to come on sooner, but my temp. gauge doesn't change also. It stays about the same, I asked Owen at ARD why, he said the gauge is a dummy gauge it really doesn't show the real temp.
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This is the truth. I have a 160 and my fans are also reprogramed for like 180. My temp runs at about 187-190 but the guage still sit just barely under 210. I want to look into installing a autometer temp guage.
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Apparantly people complained in 98 about the temp always moving around due to aluminum blocks cooling off fast. 99-02 it is a dummy gauge. My 99 Z will say like under 210 a little bit but my interceptor gauge says 177.
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Same here with the exception that my fans are set for 190. On a cool day, it takes longer for the gauge to register 210 but eventually it will. I asked about this a while back and the people who replied stated that even with the lower temp thermo, as long as it is running at a tuned "normal operating temp", it will read 210. So I guess you just consider your LS1 running just fine as long as it's 210
My 94 LT1 gauge was super accurate and I sometimes feared getting on it because it was running so cool at 160.