Start motor w/out coolant?

Jan 09, 2004 22 Replies

Why? It takes ten minutes at idle for the tstat to open.

CRWLR did pass the time by typing:

Prolly because that is with a water filled jacket in the engine. Without a radiator the engine drains and empty airspace doesn't do diddly for cooling the engine.

That may be true, but there is no problem to move a car 30 feet in a minute or two.

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