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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Turbo E 604 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">completely removing the thermostat is not a good thing. the water will run through the housing too quickly and not allow the heat in the block to transfer to the coolant.
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Not True. IF you are idling in hot weather (aka FL) the coolant/water will rush though the radiator too fast for it to be cooled. Your car will overheat if it idles for a long period of time without a thermostat (depends on the cooling system too, AKA if you have a good system, it will take long to over heat BUT it will overheat).
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Both of you are exactly right, the thermostat does more than just help an engine warm up. Like what was said above, without the thermostat in place to control the speed of the coolant flow around the engine block, the coolant won't absorb the heat from the block very well, nor will it dissipate it very well once it hits the radiator. Because of this, the coolant temp will not accurately reflect the engine temperature around the cylinder bores and will be significantly cooler. This gives the driver a false sense of what's happening in the engine when he looks at the temp gauge. The temp gauge reads that the engine temps are normal or below when in actuality the cylinder bores/engine block is considerably hotter than normal. An engine can operate like this for a short time or a long time but in the end it will bake itself by probably blowing a head gasket without ever showing any signs of physically overheating. As far as the cooling system goes, it thinks it's been operating at normal temperatures the whole time and so will the driver.

thatbluecrx

Great article thanks!!
btw...

LOL at your scraped DC 4-1... mines flatter tho

JDMlyfestyle

i dont have a DC 4-1.. i have a AN-R compact with merege Collector

POE

cant beat grandpa's old tricks.

SOHC4life 96

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And it sounds absolutely viscous when run open.

Does anyone know of some companies that sell fail safe thermostats? If they ever break or what not, they will open up and stay that way to prevent overheating.

Great write-up by the way. You are doing the HID retro fit right? If not........BAN!

JDMlyfestyle

i havent ever heard of a fail safe thermostat. But just stick with honda. no need to get a $70 mugen one. y get the JDM bling when u cant even see it

Yes im doin the HID retrofit as soon as my damn denji projectors get here.
But i did finish my lexus IS300 foglight retrofit

Jonzo

I don't mean to be a pain, but can you circle things on the pictures? ie: the thermostat housing, etc.. I'm a newb, and am just curious... thank you!

Awesome writeup.

BDogggUT34

does anyone know how much coolant will be lost by unscrewing the fan switch only?? Would i need to block it off anywhere to not lose as much??

JDMlyfestyle

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonzo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I don't mean to be a pain, but can you circle things on the pictures? ie: the thermostat housing, etc.. I'm a newb, and am just curious... thank you!

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this write up explains everything. its pretty simple if u just look and compare to the pix.

Phantastic

nice write up

JDMlyfestyle

glad it is still useful.

MiraiZ

good post but i have one question....do you have to drain the coolant to replace the thermostat, or can I get away with doing it without draining?

tianporn

My car overheated randomly sometimes in heavy traffic, sometimes after giving the car a good thrashing. When it overheated, i noticed the fan does not come on which lead me to believe the thermostat was sometimes stuck closed and therefore the fan switch was not reading the correct water temperature. I took out the thermostat and drilled 3 holes in it and how my heating problems are all gone. But i noticed it takes ages for the car to warm up to normal operating temperature, especially at night. I think i'll just get an OEM thermostat because the one I bought might be cheap and nasty.

So all in all the drilling holes trick with the thermostat is ok but your car takes forever to warm up.

Archidictus

You can also put a little bit of soap in your radiator, but who wants to use old hotrod tricks anyhow .

siregcivic

i live in southern cali... with my old car 95 dx coupe single cam vtec swap w/ ex trans... i ran no thermostat cuz it always overheated... **** sucked in the winther tho.. on the freeway going 70-80 when its cold .. turn on the heater.. and watch that needle drop.. mine used to go all teh way down to the C... hahahaha had to turn the heater off to let the car warm up again.

maluseanjohn516

yea i need to know which hose went to the thermostat casue i got an after market radiator and it overheated in traffic i wanted to know umm how to tell if there is a mix of oil and coolent cause i think my head gasket is gone

dpkelly

Nice writeup. But 1st 2 pics load quickly while the remaining ones take forever and I don't know why.

Heath

Used this writeup. Thanks.

JDMlyfestyle

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Glad that it could be some help to you.

vc

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Welcome back Jason!

JDMlyfestyle

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Welcome back Jason!</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wonder how long ill be around this time.. Hopefully the EG forum wont **** me off like it did last time. But im always up for another try. Thanks VC

vc

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I wonder how long ill be around this time.. Hopefully the EG forum wont **** me off like it did last time. But im always up for another try. Thanks VC</TD></TR></TABLE>

..so.. are you still going to be doing them retrofits!?

JDMlyfestyle

I might do a few.. but i doubt they will be as cheap as they were last time. Just PM me on more details

SkoundrelUSA

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let me know too