[DeTomaso] The Water Restrictor Plate Below the Thermostat
Mike Becker
mikebecker679 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 2 00:32:58 EST 2018
See the link below and the description of 2 flavors of restrictor plate. My
engine has the solid aluminum plate with the tiny hole. But I have always
run the 351C unique thermostat. My engine has always run a bit hot, usually
over 200, even on the highway. I noticed this article says "This unit
(restrictor plate with the tiny hole) must be used in conjunction with a
standard thermostat <https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/thm170.html> ,
you cannot use the 351C unique thermostat with this block off plate."
Does anyone know if this is true? Could this be the reason my engine runs
hot? Actually my engine currently doesn't run at all due to a destroyed rod
journal. My engine is currently out and in pieces, so I'm wondering if I
should change to the original big-hole restrictor or keep the small-hole
restrictor and switch to a non-351c standard thermostat.
https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/waterrestrictplate.html
thanks,
mike
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See the link below and the description of 2 flavors of restrictor
plate. My engine has the solid aluminum plate with the tiny hole. But
I have always run the 351C unique thermostat. My engine has always run
a bit hot, usually over 200, even on the highway. I noticed this
article says "This unit (restrictor plate with the tiny hole) must be
used in conjunction with a [1]standard thermostat , you cannot use the
351C unique thermostat with this block off plate."
Does anyone know if this is true? Could this be the reason my engine
runs hot? Actually my engine currently doesn't run at all due to a
destroyed rod journal. My engine is currently out and in pieces, so
I'm wondering if I should change to the original big-hole restrictor or
keep the small-hole restrictor and switch to a non-351c standard
thermostat.
[2]https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/waterrestrictplate.html
thanks,
mike
References
1. https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/thm170.html
2. https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/waterrestrictplate.html
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