"What are the disadvantages, if any,of running a motor without a
thermostate"
you get to buy a new head :-)
Mike Kerr
Restoration Products
3730 todrob Ln.
Placerville, CA 95667
Ph# 530-644-6777
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-----Original Message-----
From: nruff <nruffcorn@prodigy.net>
To: datsun list <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: Thermostat stuck!
>What are the disadvantages, if any,of running a motor without a thermostat
>(in the summer months anyway)?
>Several weeks ago, while tuning my carbs, I reached over and felt the top
>radiator hose--it was cold, but the rest of the motor was definitely HOT.
I
>killed the key and could hear the coolant boiling inside the motor for
>several seconds! (no apparent damage yet) After letting the motor cool, I
>pulled out the thermostat and have left it out since. Now the motor seems
>to have no cooling problems. Obviously, it will take the motor longer to
>reach operating temp but beyond that, is there really any harm to leaving
it
>out? I definitely don't want to risk having the thermostat not open again.
>
>What do ya think?
>
>Nathan
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