Originally Posted by
aloharovers
If the water is moving too fast through the rad to cool it down then couldn't you argue that uts moving too fast through the block to heat up?
Good one! If that were true, the engine would overheat but the gauge wouldn't show it!
Fact is, the engine will transfer heat to the water based on the temperature difference between the two. The speed of the water through the jacket is irrelevant. Lots of little buckets of heat is the same as a few big buckets, if you will. If enough heat cannot be transfered, the engine temperature increases until the transfer rate increases enough to handle the load. If this did not happen, the water temperature, as indicated by the gauge, would not change even as the engine got hotter and hotter.
Pumping the water faster makes the temperature throughout the system more uniform. (Bypass issues asside...) The temperature will be higher at some points and lower at others. Desireable? Maybe, maybe not.
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