In a message dated 9/12/02 3:30:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mjstelk@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

> Just wanted to thank Ben H. and everyone else who told me to get the 80
> degree thermostat because it totally rocks. :)  My temp gauge now stays in
> the middle or a hair above.

I hate to be the wet blanket. And I mention this only in an attempt to
educate myself.

If a bus needs a cooler thermostat to run at "normal" temp, in this case the
80 degree thermostat, isn't that a symptom of another problem--poorly
functioning radiator or water pump possilby?

It seems that the normal thermostat, which I think in the 85 degree, should
allow the engine to run at the "normal" temp. And if it doesn't something
somewhere is wrong.
This unless the bus is run in extreme desert climate or up hill all the time.
I'm curious, and I would hate to see the original postee fix the symptom and
end up with a more expensive problem down the road--made worse by prolonging
the situation with the cooler thermostat.

Jeff
83.5 Westy
LA,CA