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Aug 15, 2011 | 01:38 PM

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So when winter comes around....

Instead of swapping out thermostats like I hear of people doing can I just have my fans set to come back on at stock temps rather than the temps w/ the 160 stat?

Aug 15, 2011 | 01:43 PM

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the 160 thermo wont hurt anything, if anything i would have the fans come on a little sooner than later.

Aug 15, 2011 | 01:46 PM

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Yeah ^ already tuned to come on sooner runs cool. Just seems it would be easier to get them tuned for stock temps so I'll actually have heat.

Aug 15, 2011 | 02:40 PM

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Your heater core could be clogged. I have 160 and fans turn on early and my heat works great for the 1 day a year in here Florida we need it.lol might be worth trying to flush the core is a very common issue

Aug 15, 2011 | 02:50 PM

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Yeah ^ already tuned to come on sooner runs cool. Just seems it would be easier to get them tuned for stock temps so I'll actually have heat.

Well, everybody says the thermostat is worthless without the tune, so one can only assume that if you changed the fan temps it would behave like stock. Unless of course there's more to it than they want you to think.

Aug 15, 2011 | 03:53 PM

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As mentioned, flush or replace your heater core. I get strong heat when the coolant is anywhere warmer than 100 degrees with my shiny new heater core.

Aug 15, 2011 | 10:03 PM

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Daily drove my car with the 160 and lower temp fans. I live in chicago and it get Damn cold sometimes but I always had plenty of heat. Sometimes having to turn the heat down cause it got to warm.