My thermostat is leaking around the seal where the upper and lower thermostat housings meet. I put thermostat in with engine out of the van. I think that I put O-ring on wrong side of the thermostat and/or did not put sealant on the mating surfaces between the two housings. Engine is 1.9L WBX with S&S headers. It looks like I can get to thermostat from below if I remove the oil filter. Is the following order of work steps appropriate? Remove large hose from thermostat housing and let system drain Remove oil filter Remove bolts holding thermostat housing together Remove lower portion and put O-ring in right place Put sealant around mating surface Reassemble Put oil filter back on Refill and bleed cooling system Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you, John Lauterbach Macon, GA '84 7-passenger |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.