AdderMk2

you shouldnt run that stat anyway.... its a 160. Either clean it off and try to return it, or toss it in the garbage

reddogg

sorry guys, your wrong. without a t-stat the car would be more likely to overheat because the tstat slows the flow of coolant down. without any restrictions to flow the water passes through the radiator too fast and does not have time to cool off. radiator is a air to liquid heat exchanger.

onetrickpony

Oh Shyt, your fukked now. You said the wrong thing to the wrong person ^^^^^^^^^^. What hes forgotten you have to learn.

reddogg

sorry didn't mean to make any one mad, let me clear up my statement. didn,t me that was the answer for the overheating issue, just that not running a t-stat at all is not a good idea.

kilby94

Without the thermostat restricting the coolant flow the coolant wouldn't have enough time in the engine to get as hot. The t-stat holds the coolant in the motor longer so that it will heat up to a certain temp, then lets it flow to cool off. Without the t-stat it would be constant circulation of coolant therefore never getting as hot. I would think it would still have plenty of time in the radiator to cool down. Don't see how not having t-stat would make it run hotter?

reddogg

when the coolant comes into the hot motor the thermastat also adjusts and closes. if the coolant did not remain in the radiator long enough to cool off you would defeat the purpose of the radiator. for instance without a t-stat you would be circulating hot coolant into the heads and block that are continuosly becoming hotter and your coolant can not absorb all the heat and boil. just passing through the radiator is not enough it has move at a certain speed to cool off, that is the t-stats job.

creekrat

Sorry reddog, I think you are wrong. In racing engines, they do not run t-stats, as that is just one more thing to go wrong. Instead they use large washers to fill the hole where the stat would be, with different size holes in them which allows the water to come up to temp quicker. Running without one will not allow the motor to come up to temp to even worry about spending enough time in the rad to loose its heat load. Try it one time! been there and done that.

AdderMk2

reddog is half right... at idle, a car with no T-stat will not properly cool down. but at highway speeds, the air forced through the radiator will keep the car cool. sometimes TOO cool

94StinkinLincoln

yeah adders right on this one. if ur in traffic and no t-stat ur gonna have one hot motor.