Date:         Thu, 24 May 2012 18:49:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: WAS Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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On 05/24/2012 06:27 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 09:07 PM 5/24/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> yet hearing about doing so being "[...] actively harmful to the engine."
>
> I'm thinking of extended time needed to evaporate acids and moisture out
> of the sump, possibly ditto for the muffler. Possible overloading of the
> CAT from excess unburned hydrocarbons.

B-but since it ain't easy or inexpensive to pull the thermostat, do we
/know/ that those things happen, and happen so badly that we risk a
prematurely failed CAT or engine damage from them acids and moisture?

If someone can point to evidence I'll get the thermostat replaced
soonest. Otherwise, not.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.