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Originally Posted by tadams72
Which cooler are you running? Problem I see with no thermostat is getting the temps high enough to cook off some of the contaminants in the oil.
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I'm currently driving my other car with no (cooler) thermostat, and it gets below threshold temps as soon as I stop drivong aggressively and cruise on the highway. Needless to say, I don't like it. The only low temp I could find for my NC Miata was by Cosworth, but for LS engines, there are more choices than you'd ever need. I'd just find a high flow 180 degrees F or so coolant AND oil thermostats. With those, it would occasionally hit 210 or so waiting at the read lights, so it would hopefully not allow any build up.
I know, thermostats impede flow. If you need more flow, and especially if you have a forced induction system, I think you should consider higher flow water pumps. I'll quote a long post I made about it here shortly.