<VV> "partial" thermostat failure?

[J R Read_HML]

Typically, the left one opens first and closes last.  The exhaust log on the
left is longer AND the oil cooler is on that side.

You are just not driving hard enough to get the right one fully open.

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Later, JR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek Archer" <eggman@owt.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:08 AM
Subject: <VV> "partial" thermostat failure?


> I have a '64 spyder coupe and noticed that while driving, the
> temperature guage was reading a lower temperature than it usually does,
> so my instincts tell me a failed damper door thermostat was to blame.
> Sure enough, when I stopped, the left side one was wide open and the
> right one was barely open at all. This explained the lower guage
> reading as the thermister is on the left side. But when I got home and
> let the engine cool off a while, the door closed! This puzzled me, so I
> started the engine and let it run and the left damper door opened but
> not the right one. the gauge was reading about 300 degrees or so when
> it was at full open and the right one had only barely begun to open.
> Basically, the left one is opening way too early or the right one is
> opening too late (not likely but possible). Should I replace just the
> left thermostat or both of them?
>
> Derek Archer
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