On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 12:11 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > hi Don, > re "The thermostat housing it front and center on the top of my inline > motor, > > I don't believe that is correct. > It's more 'under and buried' and these VW inline 4 engines, gas and diesel > .. > have their t-stats on the bottom ..( where the return-from-rad main hose > is ) > > Yes, when installed in a Jetta, or other VW sedan, they ARE under and buried down under everything, but when mounted on Vanagon diesel bars in the same manner as VW did with the diesel Vanagon motors, they are on the upper side of the motor, the side that's now facing up, and the water pump/oil cooler area ends up really right on top, in front of the back of the engine lid opening...easy to reach and easy to work.. So, "a good German one' is Behr? I guess there isn't a way to verify, on the bench, that my current one or my spare one are working properly..and just ordering any old thermostat from Amazon or some chain autoparts place is STILL going to have me guessing whether the thermostat is working properly? And, I should buy two of em? one to keep as a known good spare, because there is no dependable test to verify proper operation, again, on the bench? I hate it when you buy a new part and that part doesn't work.....like has been mentioned about many of our parts we get recently.... > |
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