I just put in a new Murray stock temp thermo. I enjoy having heat and no gunk buildup

 

What is the stock temp stat rated for? I just bought one at Advance to replace existing, it's made by Stant (xactstat) says 203 on the box.

 

my old one was a 203 which I believe was the factory stat and I replaced it with a 203. Coolant generally runs between 201 and 208 while I'm driving now. I did a coolant flush when I changed the stat and it was all at 130,000 miles. The stat was working fine, but I just did a little preventative maintenance just to be sure it stayed that way.

 

Thanks Joe. Yep, doing the same here today, stat, fresh coolant and total flush of system.

 

Just got the Jet 180 and efan today. Hope to have them installed tomorrow.

 

Hey joe how did you flush the entire system?

 

I also drain the block, the block drain plugs are above the oil pan and there are two, one each side. Then flush it. I remove t-stat housing, remove t-stat, replace the t-stat housing, remove upper radiator hose. I flush with garden hose in upper radiator inlet until it runs clear out of the end of upper radiator hose. Install in a new t-stat.....and continue with remainder of this fun project.

 

I did mine the easy way. I took it to my uncles shop lol. He's got a flushing machine where you hook it up to the coolant lines and it runs for about 5 minutes flushing and cleaning out the old coolant in the system. I bought 3 gallons of Zerex G-05 coolant from the local napa store. The machine dilutes the coolant 50/50 and keeps the air out of the system while refilling the system.

 

Now that's just too cool, I want one of those.

 

put my 180 in a few months ago. keeps the ol hemi runnin nice and cool.