If, you engine does not warm up properly, you can cause excessive wear through improper 
lubrication.  That's why you have a thermostat.

Therefore, I would avoid a thermostat that runs the engine much cooler than the original.

--- On Sun, 26 Jan 1997 15:48:13 -0600  Lionel Tun <lionel@ark.prestel.co.uk> wrote:

>On my 84 GL with 183k miles:
>
>Rear:
>The rear suspension squeaks whenever it goes up and down especially at low
>speed over speed bumps. Could it be the shock absorbers? What happens when
>shocks begin to wear out eg do they get harder or softer?
>
>Front:
>The front also squeaks when going up and down but because of the higher
>pitch and shorter duration I suspect springs rather than shocks. I can get
>this by pushing down on the wheel arch. In comparison the rear is more like
>a long woosh than a quick squeak.
>
>What is the story on suspension squeaks? Rubber bits? Springs? Shocks?
>Grease needed?
>
>Lionel Tun
>84 GL, 183k miles
>lionel@ark.prestel.co.uk
>

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  Michael Stocker <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com>
  North Canton, Ohio, USA     Time: 5:10:15 PM
  LiMBO / GASS                Date: 1/26/97
  1989 Audi 90 Quattro
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