You made a good choice. GM made a engine temp wear factor graph done by their performance tech center around 1960. As the temp went up the wear went down. The engineers wanted the small and big block engines running from 190 to 210 degree water temp to produce the lowest wear factor on the engine parts. It also stops the build up of sludge and burns off condensation where oil settles like in your valve covers and the bottom of your oil pan where it is exposed to your oil pump pick up. 👍
Oil temp and water temp are independent of each other unless you have a heat exchanger. Unless you have an oil temperature gauge to prove your claims, I'm positive that your oil temps were unaffected.
My car cools a little too well. I have a 1978 Malibu with a 350, and I cannot get it to get hot. I was running a 160, then I switched it to a 195, but it made absolutely no difference. When the car is idling, it does go up to 160, but as soon as I start driving, it immediately drops back down. I do have a direct fan, but it's the job of the thermostat to retain coolant until it reaches the set temperature of it? One time I even removed the fan entirely, and as soon as I started driving, temperature plummeted. Any advice?
I would maybe try to verify that the gauge is working properly. That sounds a little suspicious to me that it would cool down while driving without a fan. Could it be a mismatched sending unit to the gauge? Where maybe 160 on the gauge is actually more like 210?
You made a good choice. GM made a engine temp wear factor graph done by their performance tech center around 1960. As the temp went up the wear went down. The engineers wanted the small and big block engines running from 190 to 210 degree water temp to produce the lowest wear factor on the engine parts. It also stops the build up of sludge and burns off condensation where oil settles like in your valve covers and the bottom of your oil pan where it is exposed to your oil pump pick up. 👍
Oil temp and water temp are independent of each other unless you have a heat exchanger. Unless you have an oil temperature gauge to prove your claims, I'm positive that your oil temps were unaffected.
Very good advice.Thank YOU!
My car cools a little too well. I have a 1978 Malibu with a 350, and I cannot get it to get hot. I was running a 160, then I switched it to a 195, but it made absolutely no difference. When the car is idling, it does go up to 160, but as soon as I start driving, it immediately drops back down. I do have a direct fan, but it's the job of the thermostat to retain coolant until it reaches the set temperature of it? One time I even removed the fan entirely, and as soon as I started driving, temperature plummeted. Any advice?
I would maybe try to verify that the gauge is working properly. That sounds a little suspicious to me that it would cool down while driving without a fan. Could it be a mismatched sending unit to the gauge? Where maybe 160 on the gauge is actually more like 210?