[Alberg30] Thermostat Question

[George Dinwiddie]

Water comes out of the pump and goes to the starboard side of the 
engine block and to the top of the housing.  If the engine is cold,
the thermostat blocks the water coming out of the top of the head
and, instead, allows the bypass water from the top of the housing
to flow to the manifold.  When the engin is hot, the thermostat 
rises up, blocking the bypass water and allowing water to flow
out of the head, thus cooling the engine.

That's the way it's supposed to work.  If the housing is 
corroded and/or the block and head are full of deposits,
more water will take the bypass route than is desirable.
If there are impeller pieces in the system (and if you
found one there are likely to be others), the how they
affect the system depends on where they are.

 - George

> greg said:
> 
> Sooo George... what's the deal.  So the water comes out of the pump and goes to
> the top of the housing and when cold can't flow down into the block and goes
> across the closed thermostat and into the hose to the manifold and out the
> exhaust? AND that little piece of impeller in the intake elbow on the starboard
> side of the thermostat housing caused the water to go... where? What root did it
> have to take? Could I have some other part of the system blocked? Wouldn't it have
> to be on the intake side?

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