[urq] DO I still use the large round thermostat gasket ifIremovethermostat?

[Buchholz, Steven]

... I understood the desire ... but my point was that it isn't clear to
me that the water pump would necessarily do much with no t-stat in place
... I'm pretty sure the t-stat switches the flow from an internal cycle
to one that includes the radiator.  What happens if all the passages are
opened?  That's the question I'm posing.  Can it create a situation
where the pump is not able to send fluid anywhere?

Steve
> 
> I thought the original poster (sorry - forget who) just 
> wanted to flush out 
> the cooling system and wanted to remove the t-stat to help 
> flow through the 
> system and not have it leak at the T-stat....no?  And then 
> re-install t-stat after flushing.....