No, tx_cowboy911, I think you are right. I did like Argon said and felt the two lines running into the heater core when I got home from work. They were both hot. I think that I just forgot how long it took to warm up this past week since the weather has been warm lately. Then when it got cold again I didn't realize how long it took to warm up. Well I am glad I didn't go with a 160 stat.

I think I will flush the cooling system out in the fall anyway to be safe. By then I'll have around 90K or so on the clock anyways.

Thanks tx_cowboy and Argon for your input!

 

yeah definetly did not have to take the whole dash off, wasnt too bad of a job the hardest part was getting the clamps off the radiator hoses. Thanks for all the help.