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| 2-OH! |
 Jul 3 2006, 09:44 AM
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73 - 2.0 - rustoration...
Tub due back from paint next week...Building up the motor now and I can not find a good replacement thermostat, mines shot... I have a very reliable source tell me since I live in So. Cal. to just leave it out along with all the flapper doors and mechanism... Need other thoughts and opinions ??? 2-OH! |
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| Brad Roberts |
Jul 3 2006, 01:25 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
I dont disagree.
But... oils today have changed and I have yet to see a new T-stat! I think if my day time temp starts off at 85deg, the engine without a T-stat will warm up quicker than Bruce in the great white north on a 25 degree day. I'm betting if we had an engineer from VW here, he would tell us they used a T-stat for emissions reasons more than wear reasons. The sooner the engine warms up the less rich it will be running..less emissions. I'm coming up on 20 years of engine building without flaps. I have lost 3 engines total over that time. Two of them where machine shop mistakes that I didnt catch on the crankshafts. I try to keep in contact with every engine built over that time. The other one was my first engine at age 15. I blocked off the breather ports and lost all the mobil1 out of a high revving 1911 with 2.0 heads. B |
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2-OH! Thermostats Jul 3 2006, 09:44 AM
mihai914 Without the thermostat it will only take longer fo... Jul 3 2006, 09:50 AM Brad Roberts He is correct. You can leave out the t-stat. I rem... Jul 3 2006, 01:00 PM Air_Cooled_Nut Oh boy.
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I completely disagree! You want... Jul 3 2006, 01:15 PM Air_Cooled_Nut I know of TWO VW certified mechanics I can get you... Jul 3 2006, 01:51 PM Brad Roberts Sell me new t-stats. That is all I'm asking fo... Jul 3 2006, 02:02 PM Rand I'd be interested in knowing just how much qui... Jul 3 2006, 02:03 PM Brad Roberts Emissions.
I'm gathering that he thinks I... Jul 3 2006, 02:07 PM Cap'n Krusty The default position favors the oil cooler. I... Jul 3 2006, 02:32 PM Brad Roberts The motorcyle point and airplane point opened my e... Jul 3 2006, 02:38 PM
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jwilliamadams I purchased a new thermostat from Automobile Atlan... Jul 3 2006, 04:49 PM JPB How about oil heaters to heat up the oil before th... Jul 3 2006, 07:54 PM |
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