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Hello Jak,
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The other thing to remember is lots and I mean lots of vehicle manufactures run coolant pipes near exhaust systems, Its not a problem on my car if it was turboed it may be a different story. Quote:
When you look at my car running from cold as the engine warms up coolant still circulates through the complete cooling system and as the engine warms up to operating temp and the thermostat opens the gauge drops about 5-7 degC I have confirmed this with a temp gun on the coolant pipes, so there is no thermal shock. Most manufactures have a small hole in the t/stat one of its tasks is to allow the coolant to circulate before the t/stat opens and warm up the cooling system evenly, all I have done is enlarged the hole due to the amount of coolant I’m running. Again look at big trucks and coaches some of them have over 15L of coolant in the radiator alone and they run thermostats and warm up evenly, why because the circulate enough water thought the radiator etc to allow an even warm up before the thermostat opens. What sort of temp variances do you get on your gauge between say: 1- Crawling along in rush hour? 2- On the race track? 3- A fast drive on the motorway on a cool night? I’d love to know. Not trying to be rude or a know it all but I still can’t figure out the logic in not running a thermostat on a road car. Just something you may want to think about Scott
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