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OVERHEAT. can I run without a thermostat? (long) 850

posted by  n_sabardin on  Fri Aug 13 12:17 CST 2004
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I'm getting frustrated.
Two weeks ago, I broke down 2h from home. I got towed and the guy said it overheated and the engine was shot. I had blown the plastic side of the radiator. Replace the engine with a 90K miles one... $3800!!!.... NOT
I could also sell it to the junk yard for... $350!!!... NOT neither
I towed it myself back home and started to look at it.
Extend of the damages: blown radiator, blown head gasket, and melted plug wires.
I replaced them all over the last few days and it runs great again.
However, it overheats! I removed the thermostat because the old one was cracked, I checked the water pump and it's fine. I even replaced a slightly leaking heater core. and it still overheats!!!
can it be that I cannot run without a thermostat?
I don't think the block is cracked because it's not smoking and there is no evidance of water in the oil.
HELP!!!!!!!! I'm going nuts and my wife is bitching about the car every day for the last two weeks!






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