Hi to all,

Let's say that the car is overheating and the thermostat could be the cause but far away from my garage and cannot replace it right away..........
What could happen if I remove the thermostat and drive without it?
thank-you

 

.....Uhmm I would think that being (the coolant) free to circulate, it would make the engine run cooler......

 

Force, you are completely right. being stuck at a friend house with the car overheating and being impossible to locate a new t-stat I was hoping that removing it could get me back home.
once located a store for the new t-stat, I did remove the old one just to try my teory, and you were right it took 3 min. and the car was over 100.
I installed the new one and the running Temp went back to "normal", or at least what I thought it was supposed to be "normal", infact while I was waiting for the New T-stat I started to look at the Fan clutch.........Interesting part this one.....I definetely think that mine is on it's way south infact when engine is cold I can move it with some resistance but the same little resistance is present when the engine in hot.
maybe i am again wrong ,but i dont think it should be that way.....

Thank-you for your reponse.....