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Overheating 347, any help appreciated

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I always drill a small bypass hole in my thermostats. Actually I believe my current 180* stat has 2 holes in it. Helped with cooling for me.
 

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A proper running coolant system should not need holes in the t-stat, unless it is a factory bleed hole. Atleast in my limited experience
 
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