Hi Tom and other thermostaters !
  i'd definitely agree on that one...even if you choose to disconnect your
thermostat, you definitely wanna leave the air flaps in there !
        gregor

> remove the air- vanes that the thermostat
> controls?". If you did, find some old ones and get them in there! They are
> necessary! I have wired those things wide open with no apparent bad effects, but
> on an engine that I built (my first one-at 15 years old!) I took the advice of
> the mechanic that told me to scrap all that stuff. Engine lasted 26,000 and died
> due to chronic overheating. Always detonated like crazy on the highway. I
> learned.
>
> TomC
> tcarrington@tele-tv.com
> 88 Vanagon
> 65 Notchback
> Wanna blown diesel Westy or sunroof (conversion project?)
>
>
>

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