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2 quick questions

2.4K views 22 replies 19 participants last post by  jims6t6  
Chris,
Maybe you have air in the system. Did you burp it when you installed the stat? Did you do a stovetop test to the stat before you installed? Odds are the stat is OK.
 
flicktra said:
I let mine warm up to the point when the stat opens up.
Are you saying that assuming you are using a 180 stat, you let it warm up until the water temp hits 180? How many minutes lapse by?

Even in the coldest winters here, I press the gas pedal to set the electric choke, fire it up and let it idle at high rpm 1200-1500 for maybe 45-60 seconds and then off we go. It has never spit and sputtered once we take off.