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Yup. Put it in a pot of water and boil it. See if it opens just before it boils.
It opened just fine. I installed it the same way as I have seen others install it w/out a bypass Have you guys been reading temps in the head or at the hose/Thermostat?
does it have a small hole so that there is some flow? without some the temps are head will be very hot and at the thermostat not warm enough to make it open
Yes, it has two, but they are very small.... like 1/16th inch. I may enlarge them.
With those holes in the stat you get plenty of flow to open the stats. You may just be overheating if it keeps climbing to 200F.
Im riding a 94 kx 500 too. I removed the left rad. Then from the fitting on the head comes a temp sensor then a 180 deg.thermo bob then on up to the right rad.The bypass hose goes from the t-stat to the pump.The way that original left rad fits in there makes adding this stuff impossible.Yesterday was my first ride on this setup.I saw temps from 160 to 230 deg.Hopefully we can get by without that rad especially with warmer spring temps.
One other mod Im super happy with is a decompressor on the head.Larry Wiechmann did the head mod for me.Its a work of art and now its REALLY easy to kick.