Re: Digest Number 2188

[Mark Sherman]

Gene: What kind of supercharger are you using? I have had a Marshall-Nordec blower on my TD since I acquired it 15 years ago. When I purchased the car it had a heater installed as well. When I decided to remove the heater I found that there was an issue with the cooling bypass. With the heater in place both the thermostat housing and the branch pipe (I think) were installed BACKWARDS. That way the bypass outlet fed coolant through a hose on the port side of the engine to the heater. Coolant returning from the heater followed a hose on the starboard side of the engine to the lower connecting pipe. When I removed the heater we (Rob Medynski did this, I believe) just capped off the bypass outlets at the thermostat housing and the lower connecting pipe. Without the bypass I imagine that the car would take longer to warm up if used in winter, but it is not used in winter. For warm weather use it functions just fine. Any questions? Mark Sherman

>Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:42:17 -0000 > From: "Gene" anngene@bellsouth.net> >Subject: Cooling System > >Listers, > >Is it possible (practical) to do away with the bypass from the >thermostat housing? > >I'm installing a supercharger and its front mount is causing me >problems routing the radiator hoses. By deleting the bypass branch >pipe (and blocking off the outlet) I'll gain the clearance I need. > >Also, will I need to drill a small hole through the thermostat to let >water pass through until it's hot enough to open? Or should I just >remove the thermostat entirely - remembering that normal driving >conditions here in Mississippi are in temperatures of 70 to 90 >degrees F (21 - 32 C) and warm-up times aren't appreciably long at >any rate. > >Your thoughts would be appreciated. > >Thanks, > >Gene Gillam >Saucier, MS > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >________________________________________________________________________ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >