Reply to "Thermostat at 180F or 160F ?"

panteradougMember

While it is important to not have the system boil over, the temperature that you should be looking at is the oil temp.

You need that to get hot enough to boil out the moisture.

Therefore it isn't bad to have oil temps of 212 to 220 which means that the water temp would be around 240.

The 192 thermostat is the "quick warm up" one. The 180 is a good compromise between the two.

Remember that the Pantera is a high pressure cooling system and a 240° water temp is just about right for it.

A lot of times Panteras having temp issues just need to have the system power bled to get the air out.

All engine clearances are set with that temp in mind.

3/14/258:06 AM

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