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Originally Posted by bonneville Joe
I'm going to throw this one in here..
My car was cooling right at 160 all spring. Once the hot summer months hit it was running near 220. I replaced the thermostat with a new 195 as that is all the parts store had and it would warm up to 220 and not budge. I took the thermostat out completely and the car runs a notch under 160. Even sitting at a stop light in 95* summer heat it will barely get to 170 and then once I start moving it drops right back down again. Had the same issue with the '67 Bonneville I had last summer. That car didn't have a gauge but it would puke water everytime I parked it. Took the thermostat out and it ran fine, even when we had the week or so of 105* august days last summer.
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Hi Joe,
What you've just described (above) is darn-near, word-for-word, EXACTLY what I'm experiencing here with my '78 --- right up to the point where you removed the thermostat, that is...
...And THAT small detail shall be remedied by yours truly before the end of the week!
What have I got to lose, except for:
(A) The time it'll take to get under the hood & take the thermostat out, and,
(B) A nagging heat issue...!
Thanks, Joe. I only hope that my results here will be similar to what you've achieved there.
Stay tuned...
Eddy
Ontario, CANADA