Posted by dave2 on March 05, 2012 at 15:07:53 from (139.139.35.69):
Asked awhile ago about my tractor not getting to operating temp IAW the book (195 degrees)... Only way toget any heat out of it was cover the radiator. Still had to run it a couple hours at almost wide open to get maybe 140 out of it... Always busy, so never really took anything apart, just figured the thermostat was stuck open or missing.... Shop manual shows it has a tstat that isn't available anymore, either has to be special made or there has to be an upgrade for a bunch of bucks to just swap out a 5 buck thermostat. Fooling around on ebay 2 days ago and found an old style thermostat that was getting ready to run out. Bought it, paid, and it's on the way. Had a little time today and unbolted the hood to look if I need to replace hoses while I change the stat. Tractor had already been upgraded to the new type. At that time, I had been running it almost 2 hours and barely had 130 degrees. Upper hose was nice and warm (not hot) and the bottom hose was cold (tstat not opened yet)...
Took the stat out, put it in a kettle of water and it didn't open til 190 degrees.
Is it normal that a diesel runs so much cooler?? Or is it just that with almost double the HP of my last one, I'm just not giving it enough work to heat up? Last one didn't have a thermostat in it and warmed up much faster and the water would almost burn you after a couple hours of running.
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