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Date:         Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:58:04 -0600
Reply-To:     Blake Thornton <thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Blake Thornton <thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Thermostat install Question
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <5.1.0.14.2.20010731215642.0478bf20@pop1.attglobal.net>
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You don't have to take the oil filter out. At least I didn't when I changed my thermostat in my 84.

blake

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, David Beierl wrote:

> 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" >


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