4kq overheating

[Larry C Leung]

You can run w/o a thermostat, but the car may (until summer) run cool.
This means:

Poorer gas milage
More CO emissions
More H2O (thus acid) build up in the motor oil
Frozen driver/passengers

LL - NY

On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 11:02:38 -0500 "Mark E. Johnson" <mej at mejphoto.com>
writes:
>Hi folks -
>
>I'm a bit perplexed ... my 86 4kq's seems to be trying to overheat. 
>The car
>(207k miles) was running fine, then the temp gauge pegged.
>
>Some exploration found that the electric fan was not coming on and 
>that the
>lower radiator hose (leaving the radiator, through the thermostat and 
>back
>into the motor) did not warm up. The upper hose does.
>
>I replaced the thermostat (which was only two years old, as is the
>radiator), thinking it may be stuck closed, with no change in 
>behavior.
>
>Thoughts on where I should look next? What else would prevent the 
>coolant
>from flowing or the thermostat from opening? Is it safe to run the 
>car
>without the thermostat in it?
>
>-mej
>
>
>
>Mark E. Johnson
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