You would be better to modify a thermostat to stay in the full "open"
position, and will find it useful when you do your coolant flushes.
I did this with an old stat just to use for flushing the
system with cold water by substituting a length of a nail for the brass
pin--closes off the bypass and opens flow to the radiator. Since I store
the car in the winter, I am wondering if I could leave the modified
stat(maybe come up with a better way of modifying it) in year round. Any
harm to running at lower temps and longer warm ups? More pollution?
Peter Ferguson
1983 300TD
