Just to conclude the thread, I monitored the temperature via obd for the last 2 weeks, on several 100 mile journeys.
Conclusion: the motoquip stat was unreliable, sometimes opening at 87, sometimes at 93, sometimes at 97. The rate of temperature increase also varied inconsistently, which, tbh, just made me think the stat wasn’t operating correctly.
Installed a (first line) 88 deg stat (from DMGRS) today, and normality is restored.
New stat opens at 88/89, dropping to 84, and does it consistently, which is more reassuring.
Old stat is free to anyone who wants to try it out, but for clarity, it is not the “in hose” stat, but one that sits within a housing manufactured by specialist components.
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