Re: OK to remove thermostat?

TE Chea wrote:
> Agree : if cylinder head & piston rings have the same co
> efficient of expansion*, * will be the same, designers
> make sure of this.
> 
> | > wear will increase
> Only if plain mineral oil ( coarse, obsolete, too thick when
> cold, become tar by 121ºC ) is used.
> 
> | > unburned gas that slips by the rings and dilutes the oil in the
> | > crankcase.
> Only before PCV was invented, www.aa1car.com/library/pcv.htm.
> He's decades out of date.
> 

No, if the engine runs too cool because of missing thermostat, increased 
wear will still occur due to fuel dilution of oil because the engine's 
controls will be stuck in warm up mode.

nate

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