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Are you referring to the drilling of the holes in the thermostat?
If so, does that imply that anyone using a 185 or say a 165 thermostat, gets this code?
Or is it because of the drilled holes, that the thermostat does not work properly?
well did u ever figure it out....?
bc i was thinkin about doing that same thing
i dont know if u remember me... but im the guy that u and your wife asked to ride in your car that day when u went get it allined...(sp) we u went pick it up from st motorsports....
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Did a quick check in the factory service manual and couldn't find that specific code. My guess is that the holes you drilled are causing it to not open up properly and the PCM is detecting this via the coolant temp sensor. Adding a few holes that big will not cause it to act like a 180/160 thermostat, but it can interfere with proper operation.
On my older Chrysler 16V 2.2L Turbo III engines I would drill one small hole, but that was just to maintain a little steadier temperature rise. Since those heads had a tendency to crack, thermal shocking didn't go together very well with a $4k+ bare casting. The small hole also allowed any air still trapped after bleeding to pass. This isn't a big problem on the SRT-4, so one small hole might be fine, but I'd just run a real 180° thermostat if that's what you're trying to simulate.
Did a quick check in the factory service manual and couldn't find that specific code. My guess is that the holes you drilled are causing it to not open up properly and the PCM is detecting this via the coolant temp sensor. Adding a few holes that big will not cause it to act like a 180/160 thermostat, but it can interfere with proper operation.
On my older Chrysler 16V 2.2L Turbo III engines I would drill one small hole, but that was just to maintain a little steadier temperature rise. Since those heads had a tendency to crack, thermal shocking didn't go together very well with a $4k+ bare casting. The small hole also allowed any air still trapped after bleeding to pass. This isn't a big problem on the SRT-4, so one small hole might be fine, but I'd just run a real 180° thermostat if that's what you're trying to simulate.
OK, that's it.. you've convinced me to put the stock 195 back in with no holes drilled.
Thank-you very much.
(Hearing from Eric is like hearing from the master )
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