At 01:22 PM 6/5/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Stupid thing. I already replaced it once, about four years ago. What's >up with that part? Lousy design? I've taken apart three or four of different make, meant for the 2.1l. It's got a broad flat base instead of the skinny stick of the 1.9l design One of the aftermarket ones was potted. The others were all similar, tiny little thermistor button with silver-paint ends, contact made by a strong compression spring. No seal failures, no obvious weakness I could see. Yrs, d |
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