Supercharged111
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I was not happy or comfortable with my 86 K3500 always running over 200°F , this was brand new. And opening the hood was sticking your head in a 400 ° oven blast wave.
So after about 90 days of open and jump back , it was nope no more. Drained everything, axles, trans, transfer case, oil, filter, fuel filters, radiator. Installed a 180 ° thermostat. What difference. Open the hood no longer get a 2nd degree flash burn. Way cooler. Last year for carburetor and leaded fuel. So no issue with electronics and water temp.
My 1500 and 3500 both sport 180 thermostats. My line of thinking was A: it'll probably take more timing and keep me off of the knock threshold better and 2: give the system a head start if I get stuck pulling up a long hill with a trailer out back. The latter is more of a CA thing really, I don't find myself in that situation that much here in CO despite there being many hills around.