RE: Thermostats! Which one?

[Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>]

On Tuesday, December 08, 1998 1:51 PM, Salvatore Guzzo 
[SMTP:yu129742@yorku.ca] wrote:
> Okay, so I decide to head over to the local Canadian Tire to purchase a
> thermostat and the fellow asks me which one do I want.  I ended up 
getting
> the 180 degree one.  However, they had in stock a 192 and I believe a 
160.
> What's the difference between them?  Should I stick with the 180 or will
> one of the other ones be better.
>
> BTW, would the thermostat cause my oil pressure light to come one
> intermittently.  Just a thought.
>
>
> Sal
>

The thermostat will only cause the oil light to come on if the water temp 
gets too high for a long time and causes the oil temp to rise high enough 
that the oil thins out and causes a drop in pressure

It doesn't sound like you have run the car long enough for this to happen 
though.

Brian Honnold
'78 Rocco Ragtop


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