# Frozen in New England

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/frozen-in-new-england/88258>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 4, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frozen-in-new-england/88258 "2014-12-04T11:26:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![MY\_2\_CENTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MY\_2\_CENTS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MY_2_CENTS)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frozen-in-new-england/88258/21 "2014-12-06T00:56:38Z")

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@ Twin Turbo I totally agree. Some of the most interesting threads have been under those circumstances.

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**Author:** ![bloody\_knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@bloody\_knuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bloody_knuckles)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frozen-in-new-england/88258/22 "2014-12-07T07:31:19Z")

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The thermostat is 100,000 miles old. Sounds like it’s time for a new one.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frozen-in-new-england/88258/23 "2014-12-07T08:50:04Z")

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You have a thermostat with 100,000 miles on it. It could be too old or too non-working. That is the usual suspect when there is insufficient heat, especially if your heater is warmer during warmer months and colder when the weather gets cold.

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**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frozen-in-new-england/88258/24 "2014-12-07T09:41:21Z")

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I’m sure it may be different now but all my old Fords tended to run cold.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frozen-in-new-england/88258/25 "2014-12-07T12:22:46Z")

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Sure change the thermostat but I don’t think that’s the problem. No disrespect but it just seems if it was a simple as a thermostat, they would have found it in two years. We’ll probably never know though.

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frozen-in-new-england/88258/26 "2014-12-08T03:09:32Z")

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The OP mentioned in his opening post that he thermostat was replaced. That doesn’t rule it out, but I’m leaning to the heater control valve. I didn’t know until I did one repair on my 2000 Ford Explorer that it had one hidden under a lot of other accessories down near the water pump. Mine is vacuum-actuated, not solenoid lke the video above.

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