my 89 bronco is getting hot when i drive more that 45 min the water gague is not showing it but when i open the hood its really hot and when i changed my oil just after runnig it for 20 min the oil filter burned me when i touched it. i dont have a oil temp gague but it takes a wile for the thermostate to open up but when it does it gets alot cooler. i konw it shouldent run that hot. it is a proformance engine but damn it gets hot when i drive it so my questin is do i even need my thermostate can i just get rid of it. i know i wont have heat right away in the winter but thats ok i just want her to be cooler.
thermostate or no thermostate
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you shouldnt.
it would greatly shorten your engine life because your engine is basically made to run at around 180-200 deg. when its below operating temp you have alot more wear and tear. so it might be okay during the hot summer, but say in winter, the longer it takes for your engine to get up to tempurature(which removing it would cause), the more wear and tear you have. i would advise to replace it with a lower degree thermostat intead of removing it, and see if that works (for ex. if you have a 190 degree thermostat in there now, switch it to a 180 or 160)
hope this helps
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it would greatly shorten your engine life because your engine is basically made to run at around 180-200 deg. when its below operating temp you have alot more wear and tear. so it might be okay during the hot summer, but say in winter, the longer it takes for your engine to get up to tempurature(which removing it would cause), the more wear and tear you have. i would advise to replace it with a lower degree thermostat intead of removing it, and see if that works (for ex. if you have a 190 degree thermostat in there now, switch it to a 180 or 160)
hope this helps
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MUZZALL
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Run a thermostat, mine got stuck this winter and I couldn't get it to run over about 130.
BroncoJoe19
Active member
If you know that your engine is running hot, then you have a cooling problem. You may want to consider changing your coolent temp sender so that you get an accurate reading, but you need to fix the underlying problem. Eliminating the thermostat is not the answer. Increasing the effenciency of your cooling system is. Either your radiator is clogged, and you can have it rodded, or you can get a new core installed, OR your water pump is on its last leg.
