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RUNNING HOT,THERMOSTAT OR NOT?
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RUNNING HOT,THERMOSTAT OR NOT?
Running a little hot ,been told to take out thermostat.How will it affect normal running of the car.Any suggestions welcome
,been told to take out thermostat.How will it affect normal running of the car.Any suggestions welcome
Re: RUNNING HOT,THERMOSTAT OR NOT?
WOuld it not just stop the fan from coming on to cool it down ?
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Re: RUNNING HOT,THERMOSTAT OR NOT?
Removing the thermostat allows the water to continuously circulate but if you take out the thermostat you will have to use a blanking sleeve.
http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx? ... NG%20SLEEV...
http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx? ... NG%20SLEEV...
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Re: RUNNING HOT,THERMOSTAT OR NOT?
What , Why?..... elaborate 
"The Marcos Graveyard"] if you take out the thermostat you will have to use a blanking sleeve[/quote]
"The Marcos Graveyard"] if you take out the thermostat you will have to use a blanking sleeve[/quote]
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Re: RUNNING HOT,THERMOSTAT OR NOT?
If you don't use the sleeve then there is excessive heat build up on the cylinder farthest away from the water pump, this happens because the water from the water pump is flowing up through the thermostat housing and out through the top hose, the sleeve forces the water to flow through the head. Also at high revs the water can't flow through the system quickly enough resulting in the pump running quantities of air at times instead of all water, this is commonly known as cavitation, which again leads to localised hot spots in the engine.
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Re: RUNNING HOT,THERMOSTAT OR NOT?
Fair enough, good explanation ...never heard of that before.
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