Ok here are my findings
I fitted mine this afternoon and ran the engine at 3000rpm whilst stationery, the temperature went up and up and up even higher than I thought it would and it peaked at 99 degrees! now I was alarmed at that but it steadily dropped to 90 and then went back up to 99 and repeated itself at that, after that I took it for a roadtest where it peaked at about 77 and didnt drop below 73, the outside temperature was minus 3 so I guess the windchill factor on the motorway was quite a factor, I havent blocked the hole in the thermostat up and just fitted it straight to the car, I was wondering how the temp would be in the middle of the summer if stationery at minus 3 it reached 99 although holding it at 3000rpm was obviously a factor!
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