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    You were right the thermostat was bad. I opened it up and the thermostat was stuck open.
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    Your ECU uses temperature to adjust the TBI fuel-air ratio during warm-up and while operating in closed loop. Without knowing the fuel maps as a function of Temp I would stick with a 185-195 thermostat.

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    Heres is what I found when I opened it up.
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