Quirky thermostats

[Jason Mawhinney]

Good to know I'm not the only one having thermostat issues although its
still frustrating.  Its just annoying that when the heat's on, I have to
keep adjusting it to keep from burning up at stoplights and freezing when
the car is in movement.  It seems like all my 5 cyl cars have had this
problem.  I figured I've just been getting defective thermostats or
installing them incorrectly.  Maybe I will try to find a higher temperature
thermostat and hopefully it will fix the problem.
Jason


  At 09:29 AM 2/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Both of my Type 44 Audis run to the left on the gauge during normal
>driving and warm up to about halfway on the gauge when idling or in
>serious stop and go traffic.
>
>Both of my cars have working thermostats of the normal temperature setting
>(87 C).  A cooler thermostat at 80 C is available, but I have no idea why
>anyone would need a cooler thermostat.  Maybe for summer in the desert or
>the deep South.  I have toyed with the idea of trying to find a 90 C
>thermostat to try to improve fuel mileage, but I do not know if one is
>even available.
>
>Your car sounds like it may be normal to me.
>
>Eric