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Subject:Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
From:Malcolm Stebbins
Date:Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:00:34 -0300

How does the engine warm up when one is continually putting cold water through it?
or alternatively, how does the thermostat 'open" with cold flushing water running
through the engine???   I still don't understand???  M

On 1 Aug 2002 at 14:21, Jay L Snyder wrote:

> The water pump will move the water once it has warmed up.   Trust me,
> I have done this twice in the last few months, and many times before.
> Most recently with a $3000 new engine at stake.  The 2.1s may be
> slightly different, but I have used this method on my previous '86.
>
>                                    Jay