Ok, ran the car for over 20 mins and it never seemed like the thermostat opened up because the lower hose still never really got hot while the top one did. The lower one seemed to slowly start warming but not sure if thats just the residual fluid in the radiator mixing from the top to the bottom and not circulating through.
I feel like running it for 20 mins should be long enough for it to come up to temp all around and kick open the thermostat, am I wrong?
Thanks everyone for their patience as well. By now I've drained and filled the radiator about 10 times. LOL.
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