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Old 01-30-2005, 09:09 AM
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I'm also using the Canton thermostat and 1qt Accusump. Photos in my gallery, look for "oil and coolant plumbing". The Accusump is mounted on the front cross brace and plumbs into a T on top of the oil filter. The Accusump is used as a pre-oiler. The thermostat is mounted where a remote oil filter mount would go on the front of the engine and plumbs into a standard sandwich plate.
I choose the Canton thermostat for the same reason as David, it's opening temp. Most of the others open aroun 180 and I don't feel that's high enough for the condensates and contaminants to boil off.
I can watch the oil temp gauge stop climbing when the thermostat opens although I'm in a relatively cool area (Oregon) it still gets pretty warm in the summer. In the cooler winter weather the oil temp never gets high enough to open the t-stat.
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