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| Phaz3 |
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I just a have a quick question how hot should a EL 6 Cylinder Be running
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| the_scotsman |
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Somewhere in the "NORMAL" range?
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| Phaz3 |
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Sorry I should have explained a little more.
I would like to know where the gauge should sit say after a 50km drive doing the speed limit should it be in the middle of normal or below the m I know it should not be more than that????
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| EBTS50 |
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yer about normal most of the time if your not giving it a beating
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| the_scotsman |
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Somewhere below halfway is pretty normal...should usually be about 1/4 up
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| phongus |
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mine sits about 2/5th up the gauge. but ive never seen it move after that mainly because i havent taken long trips with it.
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| madmax |
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Mine sits between the 'A' & 'M' all year round.
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| Mash85 |
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its not so much how long your driving, more the type of driving. if your cruising along at 60+ then the engine should be getting effective cooling. whereas if your stuck in traffic temps should rise.
mine normally sits between the A and the L. if im in traffic it can rise up to just above the R i had a new radiator put it my old car, and also had the whole system blasted. after that it never rose above the L
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| falcon4litreOHC |
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My EL falcon sits just below the L on NORMAL, and never gets any higher. I recently installed an 82 degree thermostat which is 10 degrees cooler than the standard item.
With the 92 degree thermostat it use to sit between R/M city driving and between M/A on the highway. BPT sell them as well as most good auto shops. |
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| madmax |
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falcon4litreOHC wrote: My EL falcon sits just below the L on NORMAL, and never gets any higher. I recently installed an 82 degree thermostat which is 10 degrees cooler than the standard item.
With the 92 degree thermostat it use to sit between R/M city driving and between M/A on the highway. BPT sell them as well as most good auto shops. Has your fuel consumtion increased since changing to such a cold themostat? 82° thermostat is far too cold for the I6
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| Gaz |
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im running a 77 Deg thermostat.. sits on the L crusing on the freeway, city driving A-L or hot days in peak hour maybe M-A
average temp @ L is about 83 degrees or so. fuel consumption hasnt changed, mines always been s**t. then again with the origional thermostat the car was running at 100 degrees no matter what basically. im quite happy where it is now
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| dope dogg |
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Gaz is right, it's hard to say where it should be sitting on the gauge, those things are about as accurate as I am a gorilla.
You've gotta get a temp measurement that's a fixed number
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| falcon4litreOHC |
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madmax wrote: falcon4litreOHC wrote: My EL falcon sits just below the L on NORMAL, and never gets any higher. I recently installed an 82 degree thermostat which is 10 degrees cooler than the standard item. With the 92 degree thermostat it use to sit between R/M city driving and between M/A on the highway. BPT sell them as well as most good auto shops. Has your fuel consumtion increased since changing to such a cold themostat? 82° thermostat is far too cold for the I6 Fuel consumption hasn't changed at all, the car feels more responsive after driving for long periods of time. A experienced mechanic advised me to put it in the car, it helps prevent head gasket failures. The reason why ford used a 92degree thermostat was only to get the engine hot enough to burn nitrogen dioxide gases in the combustion chamber to meet emission levels. |
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| madmax |
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That may be the case, however mine, with a 92° thermostat sits at the top of the A all year round. The only time it will get hotter is on a 40° day towing a heavy trailer up a hill. You can hardly call that hot. Its all about the condition of the cooling system and putting a colder themostat in maybe only a bandaid to a much larger problem.
By the way my heater works brillantly too. 
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