In a message dated 97-06-15 12:09:49 EDT, you write:
<< Let me try again. If you put a 160 thermostat in for the summer, it will
restrict flow until temp is 160, then open. ....... The idea is to reduce
the time the engine is running cold. Frankly, the idea of changing the
thermostat to 160 in the
summer does not intuitively seem all that sensible -- if 190 is the
proper operating temp of the engine, then it would be ok to use a 190
year round.
>>
W.R. and all you who understand physics:
I have nothing to contribute to the scholarly aspects of the discussion but,
if memory serves me [and it has been a while] in my youth in Alaska we had
the opposite problem. In winter we did not have to worry about the engine
running hot. At -40 degrees farenheit[?] the air temp kept the engine cool.
Add some wind chill if you are driving fast it was even worse. If memory
serves me we used a lower temp thermostat to keep warm [not hot] water
flowing to keep the radiator from freezing solid.
Rob Carpenter [never took physics and now I remember why]
Seattle
Series V
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