Actually running it without the thermostat increased the velocity of the coolant which gives the engine more power and increases fuel economy to over 40mpg
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 27, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: > Curt, you certainly can run the engine without a thermostat for the > purposing of cleaning the system. As mentioned, its in the manual. You > should never try to drive the car normally without a thermostat, however. > > Jaime > > > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Is there more to it where they tell you not to restart a warm 61x engine >> with the thermostat removed or something? >> I hate to revive a really old argument (like from my first days on the >> list 9 or so years ago) but you can't run a 61x engine any amount of time >> with the thermostat removed or the car will overheat. Double action >> thermostat and all that. >> >> The interesting thing I found was that I could get maybe a half hour of >> driving if I started with a cold engine and went but if the engine was warm >> and restarted it would overheat quickly... >> >> -Curt >> >> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:48:04 -0600 >> From: Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cooling System Flush >> Message-ID: <bay403-eas128e002630293905068b805dd...@phx.gbl> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> On Nov 25, 2012, at 8:44 PM, "Alex Chamberlain" <apchamberl...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Where does the special tool, aka thermostat modified with shell casing, >>> come into it? >> >> >> With OM61x engines it doesn't. According to the TFM in PDF 20-015 page 1 >> heading A sub 2 "remove coolant thermostat (20-110)". >> >> With OM60x engines it does. In the same number PDF for OM602 (w124) on >> page 1 under Coolant thermostat it says "remove and install forcibly-opened >> thermostat part no. 000 589 74 63 00 (step 1) >> >> I may be presumptuous, but I assume the engineers at MB know way more >> about this stuff than I do. I included reference material, so no one thinks >> I pulled these facts from thin air. >> >> Rick >> When in doubt RTFM. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
