The MG is acting like the thermostat has gone back-it takes forever to warm up and then rests halfway between "C" and "N" on the temperature gauge(with a drop at high speed constant load with the weather cold now). It normally jumps right up to a tiny bit past the "N" mark within a couple minutes and stays parked there unless I'm doing something like stop-and-go in hot weather. The heat is not blowing very warm, so I'm confident that this is real and not an instrument error.
This thermostat is not very old. I run a 195º Tstat in there, and when I had the engine rebuilt the shop installed a 165º TStat(ditching the 195 Stant brand that had been in there a few years and had been great). I changed it for a 195 that I think was Intermotor branded back in February or so, and now as I said I'm almost positive it's stuck open.
The Tstat is the same as used in a small block Chevy, so quite literally any parts house in the country will have one in stock.
Should I hunt down another Stant, or is it just luck of the draw with any of them now?
This thermostat is not very old. I run a 195º Tstat in there, and when I had the engine rebuilt the shop installed a 165º TStat(ditching the 195 Stant brand that had been in there a few years and had been great). I changed it for a 195 that I think was Intermotor branded back in February or so, and now as I said I'm almost positive it's stuck open.
The Tstat is the same as used in a small block Chevy, so quite literally any parts house in the country will have one in stock.
Should I hunt down another Stant, or is it just luck of the draw with any of them now?