Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:00:46 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Thermostat install Question
Comments: To: Chad G <groch@WORLDCHAT.COM>
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At 09:47 PM 7/31/2001, Chad G wrote:
>will I have to empty all my coolant in order to replace the thermostat in a
>1.9L engine???

I don't think so.  I've changed the thermostat in an '84 without losing
more than a pint at most.  Mind you this was replacing a thermostat that
was itself brand new, so there was no corrosion at all to deal with.

>is changing the thermostat a difficult task??

It's a nuisance but not difficult.  Clearances are very tight and you have
to take the oil filter out.  Some people have been unable to do it but I
don't know whether that's a difference in engines or in people's spatial
abilities -- I've always been the guy who could get the refrigerator down
the apartment stairs...

david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"