Heater

[burton51m]

Originally Posted by mrnickleye

Not enough coolant flow thru the core. What thermostat are you running?? I use a 180* in the summer, and a 195* in the winter.

That 15* makes a lot of difference in the heater operation, but not in the overall engine temp, as it never get close to 1/2 on the gage.

That is because I'm using the heater, which cools the engine too.

stock??

what is the stock temp for the thermostat


mine is right below the midpoint


i have never had a problem with this in the past winters so i dont know what it is..


thanks for the info ddmcse, ill try that.

[mrnickleye]

stock thermostat is 195*. But that is also for emmision control. My VSV was bad, so I just hook the vacuum hose directly to the water valve in the winter, and remove (and plug with golf tee) in summer.

Hook the vacuum hose direct and see if heat improves.

180* thermo seems to be ideal.

[1988gte]

Originally Posted by mrnickleye

stock thermostat is 195*. But that is also for emmision control. My VSV was bad, so I just hook the vacuum hose directly to the water valve in the winter, and remove (and plug with golf tee) in summer.

Hook the vacuum hose direct and see if heat improves.

180* thermo seems to be ideal.

did it last year, works like a champ, i get hot air even at idle.

[burton51m]

do you do it like this? What about the extar hose that i have circled? take it off?

i just dont wanna screw anything up...

excuse my messy engine bay its in the works...



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[mrnickleye]

Take it off. I removed the VSV too.

[1988gte]

i never removed my whole vsv, but have it just like yours. no problems yet

[burton51m]

Ok i did that today
took it around for a spin.
let it warm up
came back and let it idle for about 5min
and got hot air continuously


thanks every one for helping out