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      05-06-2013, 10:27 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by froop View Post
People actually have been replacing their factory thermostats with the aftermarket BMS thermostat. What this does is force the thermostat to stay open all of the time, kind of like your broken thermostat. It results in mildly longer warm up times but also reduced operating temperatures.

Whether this is beneficial or detrimental to the engine, the jury appears to be out. There are a few threads of this mod in the 1addicts Australia and exhaust mods sections.
Thanks for that info Froop!
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