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Hey all,

Just wondering. I dont have a thermostat in my car. I bought it like that and i noticed it as my temp gauge is not working. i called the importer i bought the car off and he also said that the car did not have a thermostat. Seeing that i live in the NT, being very hot here, would anyone think it would be really necessary to have one? its something ive never had to worry with my previous cars so im unsure. Ive heard it should do no harm, especially if you live in a hot environment. Tried searching for this subject in the search icon but no results.

what do you people think?

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The car will just take longer to warm up since the coolant will be cooling the cold block.

Its a common dodgy trick to deal with overheating problems....I would put it back in, get the radiator and cooling system flushed and reconnect the temp sensor....you don't know if there might be a problem if nothing is connected properly and could cook the motor

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bbe Proficient

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put it back in asap ( old school dodgy )

thermostats are there also to warm all engine components up at certain times,,if u have a alloy head and cast blok the temperatures will vary and u can do damage seriously,,and from moving to idling the temperature fluctuates too much seriously put it bak in unless your engine is completely cast..

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