Re: temperature motor

Posted by wjames On 2016/8/22 10:13:21

HI
I am new to the Packard world but I might have some research that might be of help:
Had a problem with my 36 120 burping out coolant after you shut it off. People here said I should replace the thermostat. Got a new thermostat. The one I pulled out was 180 degrees, the one that was going in was 160 degrees. My ford buddy said that the 160 was standard in the 1930"s. When they were using alcohol as antifreeze, the temperature was kept to 160 degrees, at 180 it would evaporate all the alcohol off and you would have to keep adding alcohol to keep the coolant from freezing. Point is, that seems like good temp and I am going to go with in mine
Hope that helps
Will