Thread: Thermostat
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Old 12-01-2007, 06:37 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by CyFi6 View Post
The thermostat uses the temperature of the coolant on the engine side to decide how far to open, its a valve. The more coolant it flows, the more goes through the radiator=the cooler the engine runs. For everything to work properly you NEED a thermostat, you will get weird issues with gas mileage and things like that without a thermostat, its possible to overheat without a thermostat because coolant travels through the radiatior so fast that it doesnt have time to cool. Install a thermostat.
when i bought this car i installed a oil temp sender and the oil temp always seemed a bit high but i never knew the car was missing the thermostat, the water temp sender didn work sow i couldn see if the engine was overheating or not. thanks
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