> > >> This is because thermostats also serve as a flow > restrictor, so the coolant has time to absorb engine > heat and dissipate it as well.
It's a common misconception that the coolant needs to be in any part of the cooling system in order to "absorb" heat or to radiate it away. More flow always = more cooling. Very simply, the faster the liquid moves through the system, the more opportunity it has to gather heat within the engine and take it out to the radiator. The fact that the coolant doesn't "spend enough time in the radiator to get cool" is actually a benefit to cooling. The higher the temperature of the radiator, the more efficiently it operates. Taking the thermostat out of this engine in the temps that the O.P. is talking about is a sure recipe for an engine that will never come up to temperature. He will almost certainly have no cabin heat, and he will experience accelerated engine wear due to sub-optimal engine oil temps. If he purchased a quality thermostat the last time he changed it, and that was relatively recently, the possibility that the thermostat is the problem is exceedingly low. > It sounds to me like you're low on coolant though. It > is not good to do that. If you are low on it, it > means there is a leak somewhere. Probably a pretty > good sized one. Lets hope it is not leaking > internally. That would get expensive. Agreed. I think it is very likely he has an internal leak causing a loss of coolant. -- --Geoff MML Moderator/Admin/Occasional SAA/Keeper of the MML Map '92 Acclaim; '98 Intrepid; '03 Grand Caravan Read about AND join the MML at: http://www.moparmailinglist.com Skype: ggariepy68 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/46t0lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
