And you won't surge the water pump, which is the primary reason for the
bypass.
Ron Soave
Roscoe, IL
"It only goes one way."
"Pay it forward."
>________________________________
> From: Rick Fisk <refisk@chartermi.net>
>To: "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday,
March 26, 2013 7:54 PM
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Blanking sleeve and blocked
bypass again...
>
>Drill a 1/4" hole on the edge of your thermostat and
you'll have a bypass and
>a thermostat.
>
>
>Sent from my keyboard
>
>On Mar
26, 2013, at 7:57 PM, "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> It's not
called a "restrictor plate". It's called a "blanking sleeve".
>Moss
>> sells
them.
>>
>> Clearly you are not following.
>>
>> The BMC Special Tuning Guide
states...
>> "Assuming the thermostat is working correctly, overheating can
result if it
>> is removed without fitting a blanking sleeve 11G 176 in it's
place.
>> Alternatively, the bypass connection between the cylinder head and
water
>> pump may be sealed on 'A' series engines."
>>
>> It's not that I want
to run without a thermostat.
>> My situation is that the previous owner on the
1100 head that I just
>> installed blocked the bypass.
>> At this point I'd
have to remove the head to unblock it and I'm not up to
>> doing that.
>>
>>
Now, I don't think it is safe to run a thermostat if the bypass is blocked.
>>
>> I think I provided a good reason why it's bad to do this.
>>
>> I just
looked at Moss's catalog and it looks like the 1275 cars have the
>> bypass
too.
>> The 1500 design is a different animal (but I'll bet there is still a
bypass
>> mechanism)
>>
>> And no, I'm not trying to pull anybody's chain.
>>
>> Now, you explain to me why the bypass "did'nt do all that much and was'nt
>> needed" or else I will think you are pulling everyone's chain.
>> You can
start by drawing yourself a little schematic of how the water flows
>> through
the A series cooling system.
>> With any luck it should then become clear to
you why the bypass is there.
>> With a little more luck it might become clear
to you that just about any
>car
>> with a thermostat must have (and does have)
a bypass mechanism.
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From:
dwramsey@att.net [mailto:dwramsey@att.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
2:36 AM
>> To: Dean Hedin
>> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re:
[Spridgets] Blanking sleeve and blocked bypass again...
>>
>>
>> Yea, great
idea don't use a thermostat, all they really do is bring the
>> engine temp up
to optimum level faster. Who needs that? The reason there
>> isn't a bypass
on the later cars was because it really didn't do all that
>> much and wasn't
needed. Use it or don't makes no difference. You do know
>> where to get the
restrictor plate to replace your thermostat? Really I
>just
>> think your
pulling my chain, but good luck whatever you decide to do.
>> Crash
>>
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