[Healeys] Thermostat

[Richard Kahn]

When closed the thermostat keeps the coolant in the engine while the car warms
up. Once warmed, it opens and the coolant goes to the radiator to be cooled.
This process only is valuable when the car is first started. The heat ranges
on different thermostats cannot effect anything once the engine is warm and it
is open. That is why some run with out the thermostats and have no problems.
Probably not good to run an engine cold for long. It will not control the heat
of an overheating engine. This is what I was taught 50 years ago in auto shop
in high school. Your best thermostat is the one with the sleeve that BCS
sell.
Please correct me if I am wrong as this topic comes up often.
Rich Kahn