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Originally Posted by Shamrock
Your results are very similar to mine. I'll do it again and include water and residential. I can only see my needle move above 160 (stupid) while you can at 140. It took you nine minutes to get to the point where "my needle" would start to move and once your needle started moving your temp climbed to 180 in about 5 minutes. It's like it "unstuck" itself. Which thermostat are you guys talking about in the engine? Isn't this thermostat water related?
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You should have (at least) two "thermostats" on your car. The one that I call just thermostat is located on the engine (top front, IIRC) and re-circulates coolant (water) through the engine when the coolant is cold, bypassing the radiator.
Then there is the oil cooler thermo-bypass which re-circulates engine oil, bypassing the oil cooler, when the oil is cold.
They both serve the same purpose - allow fluids to warm up quicker - but one is for oil and the other is for coolant.