waddy1200
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Right ive read rave and was wondering if i was right in my thinking on this one. The cooling system on my 2001 4.0 has a bypass system on it where as when it is cold and before it gets up to temperature it bypasses the thermostat and goes round the engine, heater matrix etc etc. Now my temp gauge sits bang on in the middle no loss of coolant but the top of the radiator is hot top pipe is hot, heater blows out hot air bottom pipe is hot but the bottom of the radiator is stone cold and so is the pipe that leads to the thermostat. Now would i be right in thinking that if the thermostat wasnt working during this cold weather it wouldnt overheat and temp gauge wouldnt move from the middle due to the heater being on full all the time while im using the car there for taking a lot of the heat away from the engine.