burning oil?

[abatzis2@hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

don't see why the low temp thermo would do that. once the thermo's open, 
it's open; the water just goes to the radiator earlier. the engine should 
still get up to normal temperature. only way i see that that would have an 
effect is if you also had a low temp fan switch AND you were doing a lot of 
city driving.


-Michael Abatzis
Hotlanta! GA
1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, finally taking orders: 
www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html
1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...




>From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>

>
>That was my theory until today when it occurred to me that when I did the
>engine swap they gave me a 71 C (super low temp) thermostat instead of the
>standard thermo I asked for. I've been driving the car with it out of
>laziness (don't want to bother draining the coolant just to change it) but
>the side effect is that the car never warms up. It always stays very very
>cold, in fact my heat barely works at full blast after 1/2 hour of
>driving. The only time the car warms up is if its been taken for a hard
>drive and then I stop and idle it for 20 minutes. Then it will come up to
>what I consider "normal" operating temperature - the water temp needle at
>the LED on the gauge.
>
>after that, I guess. But in the mean time.. should I be reading up on
>valve seals and what kind of a job that is or do you think my theory has
>any validity?
>
>-Toby
>
>
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