Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hao.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!kitten From: kitten@hao.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: thermostadts which cry "WOLF!" Message-ID: <1830@hao.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 20:39:29 EST Article-I.D.: hao.1830 Posted: Mon Oct 28 20:39:29 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 00:37:01 EST References: <439@imsvax.UUCP> Sender: kitten@hao.UUCP Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 24 > My 83 Celica has one design feature which I disapprove of, and I figure it must > be a common feature of most new cars; the dealership parts people look at me > like I'm crazy when I ask about it. The thermostadt wants to bring the engine > up to running temp FAST, and so stays shut until the engine is on the verge of > overheating (the needle on the temp-guage almost in red), then opens suddenly, > the needle falling back abruptly. I don't like this at all; it's like the > boy in the fairy-tale who cried "WOLF!". I mean, sooner or later, the engine > is going to really overheat, and the owner, thinking it's just the thermostadt > doing its usual thing, is not going to react fast enough and end up buying > an engine instead of a $30 water pump or whatever. Does anyone make a > non-wolf-crying thermostadt for Toyotas? Is there any serious reason for > not running one of these newer cars WITHOUT the thermostadt? I would > appreciate some help with this one. ** It sounds like it's simply a matter of getting a t-stat of a lower tempature, say 180 degrees to replace a 190 degree t-stat. Yours is probably sticking, and since the things only cost a few bucks (plus the gasket) I highly recommend you get it replaced *immediately* {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!noao | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!noao} !hao!kitten CSNET: kitten@NCAR ARPA: kitten%ncar@CSNET-RELAY