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Old 06-11-2010, 04:28 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by miket View Post
The chevy corvair and original vw beetle did too, however those two were air cooled engines so there was no seperate radiator to block off with a water thermostat, they had to block the air to keep the engine warm.
Just to be clear, the Corv/VW thermostats weren't blocking airflow-from-around-the-vehicle air; they were preventing the cooling fans from going full blast on cold engines.
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