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i must admit to never having looked at a saab t-stat in a pan of boiling water.. in fact i have never looked at a saab one period.. what stat is in my saab i have no idea.. i have looked at normal ones close up thow.. they do not have any fixed positions at all.. they are infinitely variable between fully closed and fully open depending on exact temperature.. i know what a t-stat does and i know why cars have then fitted..

what i would like to know is how.. by it seems opening further.. a saab stat shuts off flow to the heater..

and what i would also like to know is why..

saab might well be weird but they usually have some reason for being weird.. arguements along the lines of "well thats how it is" dont really hold water with me.. sorry..

when fully closed coolent goes thru the heater core.. we know this for a fact.. its intended to.. how by opening further can a t-stat shut off this flow.. its a simply question.. do u know the answer..???

and the other question (if it does shut off the heater) is why.. do u know the answer to this.. or are u simply parroting what u read..

i have tried to get to the bottom of this one before... so far no one has come up with a valid answer.. all i ask is how and why.. and then i might "believe"..

one of the "whys" i have read is that saab think that shutting off flow to the heater puts more flow to the main radiator thus helping cooling.. this one dosnt hold water and its quite clearly someones guess at a why.. two radiators are gonna cool better than one.. shutting the small one off isnt gonna help cooling in the slightest.. thats apart from giving the driver cold feet..

anyway.. the why is probably unanswerable.. i will settle for a simple explanation of the "how".. how does a stat opening further shut of flow to the heater core.. ??????..

does anyone have a pic of a saab stat.. ????

trog100


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• over heating, bluetooth, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 02:58:58
  • Re: normal thermostat operation, JohnK, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:55:45
    • agree. 87C switch is available., Kevin K , Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:12:16
    • Re: i dont believe that saab.., trog100, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:01:45
      • Go Trog!, Russell Giuliano, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:23:46
      • Re: that's the way it is, sorry, JohnK, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:40:38
        • Re: and its incredibly stupid in this case, trog100, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:13:43 <-- Viewing This Message
          • Trog, I can Explain How and Why, Carl, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:43:27
            • By the Way, Carl, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:51:12
          • not really, Kevin K , Thu, 13 Feb 2003 15:41:30
          • 2 things trog...., Chaz, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:49:13
            • Re: u are way off beam on that one chaz.. sorry, trog100, Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:43:54
              • Trog, sometimes you say things when you are just wrong., Chaz, Fri, 14 Feb 2003 03:07:06
                • BTW-Trog, you removal of the t-stat test is not at load, Chaz, Fri, 14 Feb 2003 03:11:14
                  • PS - Trog, My post sounds angry, but I'm not....., Chaz, Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:48:34
                  • Bottom line is..., Russell Giuliano, Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:37:38
                    • LOL Russel ;-) n/m, Chaz, Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:34:32
        • Replace my t-stat w/ one from Autozone..., joe w., Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:42:06
  • Re: over heating, Dean M, Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:31:16

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