quick thermostat question

Post by **T'Onion** » 18 May 2007, 17:15

how can you tell if theres one fitted ? without stripping the early style system down

Post by **Rozzo** » 18 May 2007, 17:38

hey mark.
i'd say if you watch the temp guage m8,,, without exception if theres a thermostat fitted the temp will slowly rise,, then fall back before rising again to full temp.
the guage in the cab will deffo fall back slightly when the thermostat cracks open.
btw the engine sounded very well as you pulled away from the black lion.

Post by **T'Onion** » 18 May 2007, 18:33

its all working , the gauge is just sitting to the right of the white square , heater is good and hot,

Post by **Mocki** » 19 May 2007, 07:13

some read lower than others, i have a new temp sender in my bag o "pooh", we can add some cornish water too?

Post by **T'Onion** » 19 May 2007, 07:46

The heater nice and hot so the pump is working ok , maybe i just have a cool thermostat , i'll keep one eye on it as i drive to cornwall next week , i'm not worried about really , just but all my t'other injuns seem to run just shy of middle

Post by **blu trukkie** » 19 May 2007, 18:03

Mark........

The gauge on our van started to read lower and lower, so after a good check, I replaced both senders in the thermostat housing, seemed to work...........

Good luck.

Post by **toomanytoys** » 19 May 2007, 18:06

If the heater is blowing nix=ce and hot I would suspect the sender or gauge is at fault.. a cool engine wont deliver ice hot air at the heater with the fan on full..

Post by **bigbluebus** » 19 May 2007, 18:56

know I'm stupid but . . is it not possible to tell from the hoses connected to stat housing?

Thought one stays cool(er) until stat opens, then gets errrrr warm?

or am I in a state of 2.1 confusion? Maybe don't answer that . .

Post by **toomanytoys** » 20 May 2007, 09:33

Well if one hose get warmer after its been runing a while then its got a stat... if no stat was in there it would never heat up....
You could always pop the hose off and stick a finger in to feel...

Post by **T'Onion** » 20 May 2007, 10:00

funny your should say that Si , i've kept my fingers to me sen , but just had a quick look feel at the pipes and yes one of the nice fat ones is getting warm as the engine warms up , like you've all said could just be a sender ..

Post by **tonytech** » 20 May 2007, 13:03

Sorry added by one of my kids.

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