Thermostat

The Only Reason I would advise you to remove your thermostat is if you consistently experience Over Heating (In traffic). My Uncle bought a BMW 5 series engine performance is awesome. Fuel Economy is great, But don't ever try to find yourself in traffic even for just 10 mins. The temperature goes off the roof. The lasting solution was to yank of the thermostat.

Yanking it off and leaving it on for me all depends on how your engine temperature reacts on different moods.

snipesdam:
The Only Reason I would advise you to remove your thermostat is if you consistently experience Over Heating (In traffic). My Uncle bought a BMW 5 series engine performance is awesome. Fuel Economy is great, But don't ever try to find yourself in traffic even for just 10 mins. The temperature goes off the roof. The lasting solution was to yank of the thermostat.

Yanking it off and leaving it on for me all depends on how your engine temperature reacts on different moods.

Why do we still have people that refuse to leave behind the dark ages of Kazeem approach to issue and embrace scientific reasoning and analysis.
No wonder ,Siena has to leave Nairaland.

the only unrecommended advantage is because of the use of a thicker engine oil like 20w50 in a Toyota Camry instead of a 5w30 , the 20w is ok at start up in Nigeria where temperature is 20+ degree but the 50w at 100 degree will be too thick to lubricate the engine properly create more dragging from the oil pump to supply oils and and consume more power and fuel , so if someone must remove a themostat make sure use 50/50 distilled water(not pap water oo) and coolant and set the fans to blow always that will stop the engine oil to reaching it operating temperature which 100 degree which the themostat would have coursed rather the temperature will merely reach 40 to 50 degree and the oil thickness may be 30w ,35w , this is for those who don't believe in themostat

but please note that there's a conception that if the coolant temperature sensor don't send signal to the ECU that the engine temperature is up to 100 degree + , the ECU will not allow the O2 sensor and air/fuel sensor to calculate minimize the air/fuel ratio so that the injectors will spray less fuel called (close loop), which may exist or not but that what my untested research said

the damages said to take place when the engine operate in lower temperature is tha the engine operate in ( close loop or more fuel) always, is flooding the celinder with excess fuel which will contaminate the engine oil , create carbon deposit, and gradually destroy the catalyst converter , which is more expensive damages compared to #1k or 2k for replaced themostat and recommended engine oil weight

cheers

Very educative thread...
How much will it cost me to return my car to factory setting? My thermostat is present but it was disconnected when my previous engine was having overheating problem

Baba40:
Very educative thread...
How much will it cost me to return my car to factory setting? My thermostat is present but it was disconnected when my previous engine was having overheating problem

#1k or 2k for themostat and a mechanic or rewire that will set it to blow when it's 100 degree, I don't know what you mean by over heating, do note that the arrow in the temperature gauge should be at the middle point

for those who don't believe in themostat or have removed it , just let the fan blow in factory way not always , but it will take longer to reach the middle before the fan start blowing

cheers