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. > > > > >

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.

Old wives tail.

On some older cars, with low pressure caps AND the filler cap on the OUTPUT
side of the pump, (you remember when the cap was at the top center of the
radiator?) removing the thermostat allowed the full pump pressure to go
against the cap.  The pressure could be high enough to cause the cap to vent
the coolant overboard.  Then the car overheats.  Modern cars have the filler
cap on the inlet side of the pump.

The faster the flow, the more even the temperature throughout the engine.

Bob Darrah

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