[Healeys] Thermostat?

[Bob Spidell]

Interesting. You'd think pumping more hot coolant through the radiator--and less back through the head--would make a difference. 

Apparently, the 'bottleneck' in heat dissipation is elsewhere. 


bs 

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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 



My BJ8 has been running higher on the temp gauge than I would like and I had 
never tried the sleeved thermostat, so I recently purchased a NOS AC Delco 
bellows thermostat with the sleeve (187 deg. F). I was truly disappointed 
that the new thermostat made absolutely no difference in the running 
temperature compared with the non-sleeved thermostat (180 deg. F). The car 
still approaches 212 deg. F as it did before. Of course, it's been pretty 
hot around here this summer. 

Steve Byers 
HBJ8L/36666 
BJ8 Registry 
Havelock, NC USA 

-----Original Message----- 
No, I never have tried using a thermostat without a sleeve. 
Gary