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Hear Hear, keep the stock thermostat system. It WORKS! Those VW engineers knew what they were doing. james :) On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Toby Erkson wrote: > I agree with Jim in this situation as the thermostat is a necessary item in > the big engines, too. My 1641cc (the previous modified engine I had) did > not have the thermostat system installed. Engine warm up took much longer > and cold weather driving performance suffered. Also, since the flaps were > always open (well, not even there) I wouldn't get all of the possible > *heating* air for the cabin during cold times. > > On my current engine I made sure my mechanic installed a fresh, fully > functional thermostat system. Cold weather warm-ups take half the time > they used to and I, as well as my engine, are *much* happier with the > system installed. The only time I can thing of where you wouldn't install > the system is if you have a totally blown, lightened, custom drag or track > racing engine. > Toby Erkson > air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > '72 VW Squareback 1.6L modified to 2.0L > '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L > > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ > Subject: Thermostat > Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE > Date: 2/18/97 8:58 PM > > > >From: Jeff &/or Paula <jknipe9@idt.net> > > >Could someone tell me the temperature range for the engine air-cooling > >thermostat? And, at the risk of opening a can of worms, your opinions > >on the thermostat/flap assembly? As I think everyone has read, some > >don't reinstall it to avoid the possibility of failure and subsequent > >overheating, others maintain it in the interest of quick warm-ups. > >Would like to know what you who really work with these engines think. > > 65-70 C, (149-158 F) > > Install all the stuff correctly! The system has been carefully designed to > open in the case of a failure of the thermostat. In other words, it is > fail-safe. I know of no down side to keeping the thermostat installed. > > Jim > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Melissa Kepner Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org > Laura Kepner-Adney > Madison, Wisconsin > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >