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Old 01-04-2008, 10:43 AM
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Re: Temperature question K1500

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Originally Posted by tbjr
change the thermostate
I wanted to follow up on this. I recently changed the thermostat in my '97. Autozone said they had a good price on a fail-safe that would stay open if it failed. I bought it and now and having the exact same condition you described about hitting 190, dropping to 150 back up and so on. My step dad mentioned that next time, I shouldn't get a fail-safe stat and that might be what's causing the fluctuation. He also said he's never had a stat fail in the closed position.

I'd be interested to hear the thoughts of others.
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