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pr240sx · 11-25-2005, 04:56 PM

I live also in the a tropical area, Puerto Rico to be exact.
My stock thermo went south 2 years ago. I ran the car with out it and wasted so much fuel that was insane.
What I did was to remove the center section of the thermo and use it as a restrictor. One pf the purposes of the thermo is to reduce water speed thru the engine so it can trap the heat, then bw in the readiator long enought so the water can release the heat away. If you run with no thermo you will basically have a big hot water circulator with little or no water cooling efect. Will like to add that I scraped my mech fan at the same time so maybe thats why is working great now.
My fans turn on at 185~190 range and shut of at 170 or sooner depending on conditions.
See my post regarding this here...

11-25-2005, 04:56 PM	#18
pr240sx Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 627 Trader Rating: (0)	I live also in the a tropical area, Puerto Rico to be exact. My stock thermo went south 2 years ago. I ran the car with out it and wasted so much fuel that was insane. What I did was to remove the center section of the thermo and use it as a restrictor. One pf the purposes of the thermo is to reduce water speed thru the engine so it can trap the heat, then bw in the readiator long enought so the water can release the heat away. If you run with no thermo you will basically have a big hot water circulator with little or no water cooling efect. Will like to add that I scraped my mech fan at the same time so maybe thats why is working great now. My fans turn on at 185~190 range and shut of at 170 or sooner depending on conditions. See my post regarding this here...