The replacement type thermostat I bought from Abdingdon Spares four
months ago did not have a bleed hole. Larry
> > Scott,
> >
> > There is an excellent article on thermostats by Neil Cairns, the
> British MG
> > authority, in the December 1998 issue of the Bulletin of the
Octagon
> Car
> > Club.
> > Cairns claims that the bypass may be blocked as there is a tiny
> bleed hole
> > in a modern thermostat to assist system filling. He states: " A
> bypass is
> > not needed, 5,000,000 'A' series Metros cannot be wrong, they had
> their's
> > deleted"
> >
> > If you are still nervous, a 1/4" hole as Chip Old describes won't
> hurt,
> > although Cairns would consider it unnecessary.
> >
> > Ben
> > 54 TF 1500
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Scott Allen <s4usea@hotmail.com>
> > To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 4:41 PM
> > Subject: Blocking the Bypass
> >
> >
> > >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I'm finishing up on my TD's cooling system, and have the
> thermostat off
> > the
> > > car. As such this would be the time to consider blocking the
> bypass. I
> > > remember there being some discussion about this in the past, and
> have
> > > searched the archives which indicates that doing this is a bit
> > > controversial. I need to know from the listers why it's
desirable
> or
> > > undesireable to do this, and the best way to do it if I decide
to
> go ahead
> > > with it.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Scott Allen
>
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