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Deeder
Dodge Dakota
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10/06/2004
23:41:13
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Just replaced nearly the entire cooling system. New water pump, new radiator, new t-stat, new t-stat housing, and ran sealer through the whole thing cause of a leaking freeze plug. Lately, as the weather's gotten cooler, the truck comes up to temperature, but when I get on the interstate, the temperature goes down. Basicly, the truck comes to it's normal operating temp, but drops, when i start driving at 65. It never did this before. Any ideas, or do I just need a winter front?!
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Chip B.
Dodge Dakota
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10/07/2004
00:03:07
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I had a situation where my truck would not reach normal operating temp. A wise old man told me my thermostat, which I had recently replaced was probably just a little smaller in circumferance than stock and that allowed it to "float" inside the housing. I figured the crothity old fool was sniffin glue or something, but after removing it and matching it up with another new one, He was correct. It fixed my problem. Now we share the glue.
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Deeder
Dodge Dakota
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10/07/2004
12:04:24
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Thanks, I'll check......I gotta get me some of that glue!
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jimmy
Dodge Dakota
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12/20/2006
14:52:43
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what is the normal operating temps on a v6 dodge dakota?
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modain
GenIII
12/20/2006
17:55:48
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195 degree thermostat... usual running temp is around 210 degrees.
What's your left foot doing?
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Richard
Dodge Dakota
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12/20/2006
18:49:41
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God, I would crap a brick if mine got over 200. I had a bad experience with a Chevy running about 210 and burning the oil off.
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jimmy
Dodge Dakota
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12/20/2006
19:01:48
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i changed water pump, thermostat, hoses, belt, and flushed the system including the heater core which was slightly clogged. still getting temps around 220. is there something i may have missed?
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Deeder
Dodge Dakota
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12/20/2006
23:58:35
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I have had brand new thermostats go bad or be defective. Seems that happened to me and i swapped the new one with another new tstat of a different brand and got better results.
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Adam
Dodge Dakota
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12/21/2006
15:49:55
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If you're still running hot try getting a colder T-stat. Maybe your truck just likes to run warmer?
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J and J Auto
GenII
12/27/2006
02:13:37
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factory thermo 195 metered flow
did you replace the guage sender
alternator side down by thermo 1 wire
a reg or supre stant will run aprox 185 because it
is not a metered flow designe
after marke thermos will run cooler at highway
speeds in colder weather but it will not hurt
anything as long as it reaches at least 170 if
not it will trip code engine running to cold to long
the only place to get the org metered flow is
from the dealer
Larry
J&J Auto
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wkudak
Dodge Dakota
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12/27/2006
22:56:24
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My truck did the same thing when I had my thermostat and radiator replaced. The temp drops quite a bit when driving. Never did it before.
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Kowalski
GenIII
12/28/2006
07:58:14
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wkudak - how much does it drop ? New thoermostat might be bad, sticking open.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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hahahaha
Dodge Dakota
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12/30/2006
20:05:13
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screw the thermostat just take it out, ive seen 350's run at 260 just fine in a mud pit, u got nuthin to worry about
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