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tb · 08-11-2001, 08:41 AM

I recently posted about this same topic...Here was my solution..I took my new Stant Super Thermostat and chunked it in the trash can because it did not open until 200 degrees..This was a 180 thermostat...Go to Autozone and buy a RobertShaw 160 degree thermostat, not a 180....After I put in the 160, my car runs between 180-190...No more detonation or running hot with the air conditioning...I live in Texas and it has been in the 100s for a while now...If you live in an area where the high temps are under 90 degrees, then get the 180...

I was fighting this overheating problem for 6 months, only to find out that Stant thermostats are inaccurate...I think Stant needs to hire some new Design Engineers who are knowledgable in Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer...

08-11-2001, 08:41 AM	#6
tb Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 53	I recently posted about this same topic...Here was my solution..I took my new Stant Super Thermostat and chunked it in the trash can because it did not open until 200 degrees..This was a 180 thermostat...Go to Autozone and buy a RobertShaw 160 degree thermostat, not a 180....After I put in the 160, my car runs between 180-190...No more detonation or running hot with the air conditioning...I live in Texas and it has been in the 100s for a while now...If you live in an area where the high temps are under 90 degrees, then get the 180... I was fighting this overheating problem for 6 months, only to find out that Stant thermostats are inaccurate...I think Stant needs to hire some new Design Engineers who are knowledgable in Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer...