Winter thermostat

[redline_13000]

A buddy of mine just replaced the thermostat in his 3.1 v6 sunbird, the water temp gauge use to go to half at the most, now it hits 3/4. Is that normal? its a winter thermostat 195 deg i think they said at autovalue?

[GTS Jeff]

Yeah, it's normal for a winter thermostat to do that, but it's also stupid to buy one in the first place. Why make the engine run hotter than it's optimal operating temperature?

[Mr_ET]

aren't parts cheap to buy on an american car? And your buddy was even cheaper and bought at autovalue:thumbsdow

[redline_13000]

lol its a 94 sunbird, why spend top dollar:thumbsdow , and he replaced it because his heat wasnt working properly, it now works great but the engine temp just goes to 3/4 instead of the usual 1/2