The minute the air temperature in my yard is 180° I'll take the thermostat out. Unless you live on a volcano that's not happening.
Until then, all running w/o a t-stat does is pollute the oil, increase sulfuric acid content, increase ring wear, and wash down the walls with rich mixture.
Polyspheric, Do you understand that we have been trying to get the temp
DOWN to 180-190 ? Yes I know that a cold engine is not good and would never beat on it until the temp is up.
Now we will look at controlling the temp with the thermo fans.
