Re: Why do I needa thermostat?

Posted by Henrik Thostrup, Denmark on August 06, 1998 at 10:30:53

In Reply to: Why do I needa thermostat?
posted by Hugh Smith on August 03, 1998 at 14:45:19

Hi Hugh
I agree with Craig, you don’t need a thermostat.
On modern cars with heaters it improves the time of warming up the engine so that your feets not has to be cold, but on Model A there are no heater (and the only effective heater I know for model A are a manifold heater) and the construction at the engineallows it to run at lower temperatures than to day.
To my experience a Model A with a working radiator only runs at 55 - 70 Ccompaed with a modern car which runs at 85 - 90 C, less water and thermostat.
But even with an older radiator its seldom reach more than 90 C, Believe me I had tried it, it only ran hot in hill climbing 25 km opways in 1’st - and the only reason was that my thermometer one day earlier vent out of order.
If I had to recommend you something, by you a thermometer with feeler in upper house or waterstud.
Keep them original if ever possible
Regards
Henrik Thostrup
Denmark

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