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Nope. Have confirmed thermostat's function, tried several and
others report their cars do the same. No one knows why.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/14/2020 1:28 PM,
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<div style="color:black;font: 10pt arial;">If you have a 180
degree T,stat & your engine is running 160 degrees on a cool
day your T'stat must be broken!
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<div>Gary Hodson<br>
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From: Bob Spidell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><br>
To: healeys <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br>
Sent: Tue, Jan 14, 2020 1:41 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Over heating and adding additional
core tubes to theexisting radiator<br>
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<div> I have a BJ8 with:<br clear="none">
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- OEM radiator with 4-row 'Excel' core<br clear="none">
- Texas Cooler fan<br clear="none">
- recently rebuilt engine with approx. 6K
miles--hot-tanked, properly tuned, etc.--and Robertshaw
sleeved 180degF thermostat<br clear="none">
- Jet-Hot coated exhaust manifold<br clear="none">
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... and a BN2/100M with:<br clear="none">
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- OEM radiator with 4-row 'Excel' core<br clear="none">
- OEM art deco fan<br clear="none">
- rebuilt engine with a couple thousand miles at
most--still working on 'perfect' mixture--and
garden-variety Stant 180degF thermostat<br clear="none">
- manifold with high-temp 'authentic color' paint only<br
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Both behave identically, i.e. will run 'cool'--160degF
or less--on cool days, 180degF on 'typical' days
(72degF), and both will get hot (over 200) sitting in
traffic on typical or hotter days or pulling up a long
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FWIW<br clear="none">
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Bob<br clear="none">
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