NO 185 T_STATS lol 160 180 195.

No 210 t-stat? LOL

Wow... I would love to know where the OP got his wonderful info?

same place he hears about using a pebble in a shoe as male birth control. Makes ya limp

Sir, I feel as though I must call your bluff on this. I tried it earlier in my garage and it simply resulted in a giant mess, and my garden hose on the side of the house doesn't reach that far to clean it out.


I bid you a good day sir!

wow iv been over heating for the past 263k miles, i guess i better fix that before i drive another quarter million miles and it breaks something huh?

cherokees just run hot 24/7 thats just how they run lol

Ah, the weekly thermostat thread.

Just couldn't resist, could ya. LOL

That birth control comment was hilarious!!! FACT

Sheesh, I can't get mine past the 1/4 mark on the stock gauge. Replaced the water pump, hoses, thermostat, and did a flush (de-sludged cuz it was overheating almost in the red). I think my thermostat is stuck open cuz it's a 195 t-stat... Add that to my list of things to do this weekend... And yes, 200-210 is normal for a 195 t-stat...


As for the birth control comment, I told an idiot I work with that I'm surprised he had a kid, since every time him and his wife "get going", they stop and wait for the swelling to go down...

Throw a gulf ball at it..

In cool/cold weather (rad & heater core removing heat), doubt it gets north of 200.

That's true. I was thinking with heat off and the normal "fully open" temp of a 190* t-stat. I get decent heat out of mine, but the temp gauge doesn't go above roughly 150* unless I'm in traffic and/or idling for a while, and I know that isn't right, so another t-stat is in the future. With as grungie as the coolant was (previous owner was not one for maintenance, coolant looked like swamp water and mud...), it probably stuck open when I did the flush a few weeks ago.