on 9/28/2000 3:23 PM, Jeffrey R at Oxroad@AOL.COM wrote: > You're jerking me here right??? > > You mean to tell me you have to remove the entire thermostat housing to > replace the thermostat. > Frustrated south of Reno, NV > Jeff > 83.5 Westy > Jeff, I'm afraid that in order to do it completely right the first timeyou must remove the entire unit. I performed this procedure in January of this year. When it's done right it can give excellent sealing among the surfaces. Use the grey permatex sealer (follow directions for pre-curing prior to installation!) on all sealing surfaces and make sure they are clean. This is my story on what I replaced. Took two days and I had disassembled the entire rear of the engine. On January,2000 @ 240K-New water pump, new metal coolant line that runs from right head to pump (behind pulley), new thermostat, coolant recovery tank, new coolant level sender, small cooling hoses that were removed for the H2O pump, oil breather o-ring, distributor o-ring & really flushed out the system and added fresh Autobahn coolant. Prior to the service there was a coolant leak and a few oil leaks form the distributor and oil breather tower. It's dry as a bone now. |
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