Thread: 82° Thermostat in a 4L V8

The only difference apart from temp is that the bypass spring is softer in the freeloader thermostat so at idle you have better flow and so your traffic and idle temps are more stable.

Originally Posted by ozscott

I have towed many times I n deep sand...never even rsised a sweat with stock thermostat. ..lets not forget these have cross flow radiators and big grills

Cheers

I dunno ozscott,, after all your $$$/work and no tophats, I'd be a bit cautious,

but that's just my big silver lemon experience talking,,

Remove the big grille and the temps drop a few degrees.

Just wondering about the parts numbers provided here... What company/brand are they for? And who should I order them threw? I've got a d2 v8 so I was after the one club or JC were talking about...

The Americans swear by these lower temp Stats, I'm not saying it's correct though.

I must be lucky. My liners are still in place - nice and tight and British Offroad recommended a new thermostat at the original spec temp setting so I went with that. I got my motor a bit warm hence the need for head gaskets at the liners still didnt move...gotta be lucky sometimes.

Cheers

The PEL number is a genuine part number, so any supplier should be able to source.

speaking of BOR,,,
They put green coolant in,,
when I asked why, they said Its only the TD5 that needs OAT,, the V8 is all alloy,,


simple really,,