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the thermostat was sticking shut i took it out and it runs perfectly fine til i can get a new one.
and im pretty sure it was coming out of the coolant tank so its all good now.
how can running w/out t stat hurt motor???
because it takes way too long for it to come up to proper operating temp. lubrication will suffer due to lack of heat in the block for a much longer duration.