Allen Ervin wrote:

One time when I was in a money pinch and had a thermostat go bad I

took it out and my car over

heated all the time, could this be a result of water going through

the radiator so fast that it

could not cool down. The reason I ask this is when I put a new

thermostat in all my cooling

problems went away. I'm a novice at all this stuff and just throwing

something in for discussion.

If it was a rotary (and perhaps some other types of cars) the

thermostat

is more than a simple on and off switch. If you remove the thermostat

in

a rotary most if not all the water flow will bypass the radiator.

There is a

by pass passage in the water pump that  MUST be plugged.

Paul Lamar

You can take out the thermostat in a GM engine and run it that way.  The

engine temp will just be slow

to come up, and in the winter, you better start it up a while before you

get in expecting heat:-) But

the engine is designed to run around 190 degrees for emissions sake, so

the computer thinks the engine

is still cold because the coolant temp is low, and will richen the

mixture for you.

Royce

I think it was an old 60ish Ford Falcon wagon with a 260 V8 it's been a long
time. Just thought that the water was going through the radiator so fast
that it didnt have time to transfer the heat.

 
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