Hi, Guest
04-20-2006, 07:14 AM
Yeah, and?
Regardless of what t-stat you run, the car will stay around 200 degrees, as that's its optimal operating temperature. The water wetter will just make sure that when it gets higher than that, it will come back down faster.
One thing to keep in mind is that in our cooler climate, trying too hard to brings your temps down will actually kill your fuel economy. If your cooling system is doing too good of a job, your engine will run rich to compensate to keep the operating temperature up. Kinda like when you first start the car... it squirts more fuel to kill the efficiency and create a bunch of heat to get it to where it needs to be.
Regardless of what t-stat you run, the car will stay around 200 degrees, as that's its optimal operating temperature. The water wetter will just make sure that when it gets higher than that, it will come back down faster.
One thing to keep in mind is that in our cooler climate, trying too hard to brings your temps down will actually kill your fuel economy. If your cooling system is doing too good of a job, your engine will run rich to compensate to keep the operating temperature up. Kinda like when you first start the car... it squirts more fuel to kill the efficiency and create a bunch of heat to get it to where it needs to be.
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