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Originally Posted by Batman
Running without a thermostat will keep your engine too cool and it will run like crap (picture how it feels when you first start driving in the winter if you don't let it warm up). Get a 160 and if you are still having problems there is something else wrong.
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Interesting. I had always thought that the thermostat was necessary to slow down the flow of coolant in the system so it could radiate properly out the radiator. Without one the coolant goes back to the engine before it gets a chance to cool down as much, so the engine will actually run hotter than it would with a low temp thermo.