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On 2 Dec 99, at 16:01, Greg Merritt wrote:
> At 5:27 PM -0600 12/2/99, Jim Adney wrote:
> >
> >Having the cooling set up right won't affect the interior heating
> >much at all, but it will make a huge improvement in the longevity of
> >the engine.
>
> When it's quite cold out, the un-thermostatted engine will run much
> colder, right? Won't that simply mean less heat all around -- less for the
> heaters, too?
The heaters work off the temp of the exhaust gasses. An engine
that is not warmed up, but still firing on all 4 cylinders, will still have
exhaust gasses that are ALMOST as hot as a fully warmed up
engine.
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Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison WI USA
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