Re: more heat!

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Hoefer <hoefer@jaxom.eng.pko.dec.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: more heat!


>
>I just got a new thremostat from Clair yesterday.  I had asked for the
>87C OEM specified one.  Mack verified that that was the correct temperature
>to use.  They did not have an OEM one in stock, so he sent the Stant
>substitute for a whopping $0.28 less.  It was made by Wahler in Germany.
>It states that it is an 80C thermostat.  7C can't make any difference
>in my heat.  At least any that I would notice.  When I put it in I'll
>watch the temperature gauge.
>
>Are these things accurate enough to warrant a 7C difference in temperature
>specification?


Yes

Fred Munro
'91 200q  266k km (new 87C thermostat)