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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zib" data-source="post: 627436" data-attributes="member: 23925">The thermostat's main aim is to bring the engine temperature to its optimum level. I did think occasionally to remove the thermostats on my car as well (Japs and Contis) in the past. In fact I did once years ago when I was a lot younger on my mom's KE30 (that's a 1977 Toyota corolla for the benefit of our younger forummer here) and it took the engine temperature forever to climb up to even past the C mark (not even the quarter mark yet). Plus it came with a belt driven fan as well not a viscous-coupling fan in the E36/E39 or electric. So u can imagine how cold the engine was running even during midday. On hiway runs, it even ran cooler i.e. the needle dropped back to almost C.And boy the car was sluggish and consumed fuel and oil as well as the engine was running cold and it wore the engine faster than it should had it reached it optimal temperature sooner. The parts movements and frictions were far greater when it was cold hence led to the premature wear and tear. At the end the car needed a full overhaul and was sold off not long after that.So there you go from my experience.Cheers</blockquote>