My water temp is acting strangely, after weeks kit install it hovers around 1/4 when ambient temperatures are cool, 50-60 ish, with a load, up hill, or 80-90+ temps it pops right up to exactly half, initially I thought thermostat, and I found references to a better housing, however I want to make sure I'm not missing some bypass that would keep it just a little cool but still leave enough restriction to keep temps up a little bit.

You need a new thermostat.
Dont buy the Crown one.

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Was this the weeks stage 1 or 2 kit?

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2006 CRD - GTB2056 turbo by Dieselguy86, Eco Trans Tune, Lift Pump, Week's, HDS Tstat, Racor Filter, ARP's, OME 790's+Top Plate, JBA 2.5", JBA UCA, Moab's+265/75R16, ARB Bull Bar, 4.10's, TrueTracs

It removes the device that deposits soot in the intake manifold aka EGR