On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> This is a common remedy for overheating, and is probably only
> dangerous in really cold climes.
>
> It will slow your engine's warmup time, so the engine will run "cold"
> for a longer period after cold-startup. This is unlikely to cause
> harm unless the weather is very cold prolonged periods and the
> vehicle is used frequently
>
> Other opinions?

I remember a while back one listee claimed to have *solved* an overheating
problem by replacing a missing thermostat.  Much speculation followed
about pump cavitation and such.

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