Yeah, I'm wanting to try something that my boss was telling me, I'm wanting to just take my thermostat all for the summer but I was just wondering if that's a good idea and/or if it's safe for my engine?

 

Can't say I think much of the idea. In stock form that would mean a SES light all summer, your engine controller wants to see a full warmup in 5 minutes or less. I know nothing about the chipping you've done. Some chips are designed for use with a cooler thermostat, but not elimination of it. (racing being the exception, but who puts a race engine in a S-10 Blazer?) A thermostat won't hurt the motor unless it's flawed and making it overheat. Taking it out will mean it'll take the motor a lot longer to heat up and drive the moisture and condensation from the engine oil. Talk to your chip people about a cooler 'stat, that may work for you

 

Why are you considering doing this? What is it you're trying to accomplish?

 

That will cost you fuel economy (you will be stuck in open loop). If the idea is to run with less mpg for the summer than this will work pretty well.

 

I did this last year when i was having problems running a little hot and it does nothing and I never got an SES light.....and was always running in closed loop, essentially it doesnt have any cooling benefits, even running a lower temp thermostat doesn't do much...because essentially it allows coolant to flow faster but at the same time it doesn't keep it in the radiator long enough to cool it down since the thermostat is a key component of that, just replace your t-stat with a new one if you are having issues and replace your radiator cap too and you should be fine

 

Not a good idea at all. You really will not gain anything and if you have to stick to mainly city speeds, it is likely that you will overheat. These systems are made to keep the engine at 195-210*F, but that is only the coolant that is actually in the engine. The radiator can be quite a bit cooler even on a very hot day. If the coolant does not have sufficient time to stay in the radiator and cool, it will cause the system temperature to slowly rise.