Can i?Whats bad about it?

 

You can drive with your feet on the steering wheel. Doesn't make it a good idea. Fix the problem.

 

No.. You cant.. Unless you want to over heat your block. Thermostats are like $15.00 driving with no thermostat wuld over heat one side of the block.. Dont do it

 

i put one in with a fail safe on it(if it breaks it stays open) a little while back, but its been over heating, need a new radiator but can't get one for 2 1/2 weeks so i was thinking tell then i run without a thermostat, and i checked my hoses and my top hose is hot and the bottom hose it not, so i'm thinking its the thermostat

 

What's wrong with the radiator?

 

How would it over heat one side of your block? I drove with a thermostat that was stuck open for 1 month. Car hardly ever got warm, not good for the engine in the long.

 

when the car heats up antifreeze comes out the top seems of the radiator, and my fan is hard wired connected , so can i take it out for 2 weeks?

 

 

Why does it take 2.5 weeks to get a radiator? When my rad started leaking like that it didn't overheat.

 

well it leaks it out so i lose coolant and then over heats, and its when i get money to by a rad

 

maybe, just maybe, he asked a question. No, you don't NEED a thermostat, it's just a good idea to have a working one. It might just occur to you that radiators cost a lot of money to fix if you are buying OEM.

 

but no you should never take a radiator out regardless.

 

im not taking the radiator out, im thinking of taking the thermostat

 

unless it's not working then don't take it out. Honda and every other car maker in the world uses thermostats because that helps you know if your car will overheat

 

its not working, the top rad hose is way hotter then the bottom rad hose(which means its not circling well) and i got the fail safe one

 

ok

 

If top hose is hot and bottom is cold then your radiator is plugged or water pump is bad.

Taking your thermostat out will not let your cooling system work properly. A thermostat is used to regulate engine temp.

No thermostat will cause it to take longer to warm up initially, then cause it to overheat because the coolant doesn't have long enough to cool down in the radiator.

 

true, i got the water pump just havnt put it in yet, thanks man

 

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take it to a radiator/muffler shop, have them flush out your system..see what the problem is, you dont want to risk driving like this, even having your fan wire'd straight is stupid, your engine is runner cooler then it is suppose too...your creating more problems for your self in the long run..just park the car tell you get a new rad or take it to a shop..

 

well i took my thermostat out and it was broken, im goin to run without it for 2 weeks, and in two weeks im getting a new rad and new water pump...so its only 2 weeks then itll be fixed, i dont drive much anyways ill probaly drive 50-100 miles maybe in 2 weeks

 

and i bought my car with the direct wiring, might get the fan while i get the rad

 

Maybe, just maybe I'm trying to get some friggin' clarification. Also, I don't ASSUME **** like most of you do. And if a radiator is what you call a large expense then maybe you need to get a second job.

As for getting a new fan? WTF? The fan obviously works if it's wired to run all the time. How do you figure you need a new fan?

So you BOUGHT the car in this condition?

 

A new thermostat is $4

 

you're obviously a crazy person.