Installed 180 T-Stat, Have Questions

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Hylander

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Finished installing my 180 T-Stat, This is as high as it gets now.
Notice the arrow, that is where it ran before and a little higher.
Seems the 180 dropped it to about 180, where as the 195 was letting it run more like 210 and sometimes a tad higher.
I'm wondering if my 195 was going bad, it looked like the original T-Stat
Is there a way to test what Temp the truck is actually running ?

Thermostat180.jpg
 

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welcome to Ram Forum. Somebody that know will chime in
 

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Normal... Mine is the same position now with a 180*F...
 

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Normal... Mine is the same position now with a 180*F...

agreed. mine might even bit a tick lower with my efan setting. kicks on a little early. nothing for you to worry about.
 

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That's the spot it will be in. If your still running the mechanical fan it might go to 200 then drop right back down
 

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Use a ScanGauge II and you see it barely hits 180-182*F and then falls to 178-179*F...

Stock gauge is mis-labeled... The 200 mark is actually 190*F...
 
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