[s-cars] leaking thermostat?

[Dave Burig]

Jonathan Khang surmised...

>>An observation that might be useful for anyone else
wondering about their thermostat is that the
temperature reported by the climate controller should
initially stay completely static whilst the car warms
up. It will then rise rapidly once the coolant gauge
approaches 90C.<<

While this makes perfect sense if the climate control readout temp probe is
on the output side of the thermostat, (it may be), mine does not behave this
way, and it is a six week old t-stat.  I'm not saying that it isn't leaking
(for all I know I may have left a small animal in the t-stat housing) but it
certainly is a marked difference since changing it.

The lowest readout I have seen has been 17C, after sitting in a 30F garage
all night, gradually increasing to, and stabilizing at about 83C. Others?