I was just going to take mine out but I wanted to ask first. Has anyone just removed it and and ran the car, any problems after that. I have heard some cars run into problems and some run better after it was removed. motor is a b16 by the way. and yes I know they are cheap. back to the question...

 

So I replaced the thermostat anyways today. Shitty thing is the car got hot again. I replaced the lost fluid and started it up, waited for the fans to kick on but it still doesnt want to circulate and water????

 

Sounds like your fan switch is bad.
You can bypass it to ensure that it is bad using a simple jumper wire at the fan switch plug.

 

Did you bleed the system?

 

The fan does kick on but the water doesn't circulate. Its a 180 degree thermo. My timing belt doesn't look warn as if the water pump is going bad.

Im going to take the thermo back out today and see how temp acts.

Edit: I took it out and all is good. Thank You

 

You can take it out for track use so your car wont get too hot. But under normal conditions its a terrible idea because your car will most likely not reach the optimal operating temperature and yoru car will run like shit.

 

thermostat is nesesary for cold weather or hot weather. during cold days, it helps your engine reach operating temps by holding the water in the engine leting it get hot untill enough pressure builds up to open the thermostat. durring hot days, the thermostat help hold the hot water coming out of the engine in the radiator for long enough time for it too coll down, and when the water inside the engine is hot enough and build pressure to open the thermostat, they will switch around aND THE cool water will go into the engine while the hot one is in the radiator cooling down again. without a thermostat your car will run somewhat hotter that what it should on a hot day. and we all know that is not good