160 DEGREE ON 2000 CAMARO

[Chris Camaro]

i baught the 160 degree thermostat for my 2000 camaro, i was hoping because i have the hypertech power programmer that i could enter in the computer that i have the 160 degree stat, and it will get rid of the engine light im suposed to be getting. i was told that ill get a light that comes up, with the hypertech programmer get rid of it?

[Little G]

no, you need to either send your VCM out to have the code deleted, or buy a copy of HPTuners and do it yourself. I had the same problem with mine.

[grayman]

180 degree thermo is 10 bucks,no codes.

[Chris Camaro]

will the engine operate any different when this code comes up? or will it just come up and run the same?

[shenanigans]

I thought it was only on '01 and '02 with the thermostat thing?


Makes sensence its 99-02, and I coudl be mistaken.

[Chris Camaro]

starting from 2000, the 01's and newer have somthing else also, but the 2000 has a code thing that comes up, is this going to change the way the engine operates if that code comes up? or just an anoying code

[Little G]

What will happen is it will cause your temp gauge to not work and the VCM will turn the fans on all the time so it is a concern.

[Chris Camaro]

what are my options, and is it cheap?

[Little G]

a. get a 180 stat, $10 will set no codes
b. send your vcm out to be tuned, $few hundred
c. get hptuners and delete the code, $650

depends on how important a 160* stat is to you.

[Need4Camaro]

Unless you're throwing out some pretty bad@$$ power and you need all the heat reduction you can get, there's not enough signifficant difference between 160 and 180 to throw $620 at. For one, in traffic either one will hit 210 in stop in go. On the highway it will be at 160 but it's not ganna make a remarkable difference from 180... Also 160 has a tendency of burning more fuel (car runs hella rich thinking it's not warmed up yet...) without tuning.

[grayman]

""Also 160 has a tendency of burning more fuel (car runs hella rich thinking it's not warmed up yet...) without tuning.""

yep. having a computer that canstantly tunes the engine is far different than a small block chevy with an edelbrock 4bbl.

the 180 degree thermastat is even felt by some to yield less gas mileage as a daily driver. I went with the 180, though, in my car.

[Guardiannknight]

I've had a 160 thermy in my 2000 for several years now with no problems nor SES light. [img]graemlins/popcorn.gif[/img] I'll just consider myself lucky. :D

Rock on,
Jeff [img]graemlins/rock.gif[/img]

[Dominic]

Ive run a 160 in both my 2000 Firebird and 2002 Camaro, and I have yielded the same or better fuel economy in both cars than with the stock 195. Ive also ran 180s and they didn't change fuel economy either. I prefer my heads to run cool, and I do get better timeslips with the 160 stat and when the car is cooler.

[97rs4life]

isn't the stock thermo in the 99+ a 180 anyways? That is what it says in the engine tech.

[Tru2Chevy]

No, they are all 195.

- Justin