Thanks for the update.

 

Your welcome! Just not trying to throw parts at it. You ever hear of the valve cover port getting clogged up before? Wish I could spray something in it to see if that would work. But air hose nozzle didn’t do much like I said and got stuffed up again. That’s exactly why it stutters for a few seconds upon start out just like a hose loose.

 

I had a friend here who run a quart of Marvel mystery oil thru until his next oil change , that cleaned it out!

 

Sounds like your thermostat is stuck open.

 

Blue so he had no vapor coming out of the valve cover port?

Yes could be thermostat as well.

 

RJ even in cold temps and driving for a short distance the engine should see 180 quickly? I’ve never paid attention to how quick the temps ever got up in the past.

 

No , no vapour.
My 2.4 takes about 10 minutes to get to 180 degrees when it’s 24 F outside.

 

I just took radiator cap off and started it and no coolant flowed so it’s not a stuck open thermostat so could be staying closed maybe. But dang if it heats up in 10mins then that’s a issue with mine for sure!

So sounds like I need marvel oil and a thermostat.

 

An AC Delco 131-158 180 degrees thermostat! And fresh Dexcool 50/50 mixed!

 

Okay that’s the thermostat I was looking at. Check your email!