Our thermostats begin to open at about 190 and are fully open about 212. If you leave out the thermostat totally, most likely it will run cold. If the engine does not warm up sufficiently it will stay in open loop, running at approx 12.7:1 instead of 14.7:1 A/F ratio. Not only will you use much more fuel this way, but it wil be tantamount to driving the car very short distances all the time, causing more wear on the moving parts and not eliminating condensation properly in the oil. A better choise would be to wire in a manual fan switch for the cooling fan. Depending on your year car, the fan cycles on at 226/221 and off at approx 179. Chris
----Original Message Follows---- From: "Tommy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [SPOC] thermostat question Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:27:35 -0500 I know that you can install thermostats with different temp rating, but what would happen if the thermostat was removed completely. Tom Visit SPOC National at http://www.spocnational.org Don't forget to update your Profile in the Owners Database. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Visit SPOC National at http://www.spocnational.org Don't forget to update your Profile in the Owners Database.
