Not Ranked
If you have an electric guage they are not as accurate as a mechanical guage.....hook up a mech. guage and you'll see what i mean.....
the out side air plays a big part in how cool your engine will run.....
if its 40 degrees out side and you have a 160 t-stat then your coolant will
probably not get warm enough for your t-stat to "cycle" and thats why you have a bypass hose it will allow the coolent to circulate and bypass the t-stat....
if its 100 degrees out side and you have a 160 t-stat then you car is probably going to run hotter than the 160 t-stat because you cant pump enough cool coolent into the engine for the t-stat to "cycle the coolant"........
thats why a lot of race engines dont run a t-stat they use a washer to restrict the flow
and allow the air being forced through the rad. to act as the t-stat...the faster you go the cooler it runs....you slow down it gets hotter....
i hope this all makes sence its easier for me to explain it when i dont have to type it...
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