Sorry Marshall, I thought I was sending this to the list. Forgot to look. Harry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marshall Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Why is my 85 300 TD running cold? > Marshall was right as usual. I put my new and old t-stat side by side in a > pan. The old started to open at 140 F (60 C) and was fully open when the > new one started to open at 180 F (82 C). So my problem should be solved. > Thanks Dok. > > Brrrr, now I've got to go do the install in the cold. By now it will be in > the low 70s and my basement is not heated. Brrrr. > > Harry Watkins > Newton, MS > 86 SDL Silver > 85 300D Euro > 86 SDL Gold > 81 240D manual trans > > > > > > Harry Watkins wrote: > > > To all > I drove it the last 300 miles and the temp gauge never got to 80. To stay > warm, I selected defrost and never got too hot like I have in other MBs. I > also never saw smoke on FOT from a start. > > > > > > Today I removed the thermostat, hoping it would be stuck open, but it > wasn't. I tested it on the stove and it begin to open well before bubbles > begin to form and was fully open before a boil. I don't know if this is > normal or not. > > Marshall wrote" > > > The thermostat should START to open at 80 deg. C and should be fully > > open at 94, well below boiling (at sea level). What you've described > > doesn't mean that the old one wasn't jamming open when installed. Did > > the NEW thermostat change the engine temperature? Thermostats are > > considered expendables - to be replaced any time there is ANY question. > > > > Marshall > > -- > > Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) > > "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 > > turbo 237kmi > > >
