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Originally Posted by Daveluck
But Mike, I thought the issue is that original thermostats themselves fail? Ie they stay open therefore continually cooling the engine?
I thought the inline simply replaces the work of the non functioning OEM thermostat. In other words the engine will produce and retain enough heat if you have a functioning thermostat.
My inline definitely works. I have more heat but it is still too low. Sits at 83c which I think is probably about 10c too low but that is considerably better than the 65c it was sitting at.
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Yes they do Dave - they tend to start opening early, but the thread that post came was about fitting a different thermostat to increase the engine operating temperature, something that was looked at a few years ago.
It was bit like War and Peace:
https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...ad.php?t=68468
I've nothing against in line stats but prefer to fit an original item as both the thermostat housings and O ring for the coolant rail can leak over time and will need replacing at some point.
Once you have done a few it isn't much of a job.
