Geez, your experience with that thermostat housing reminds me of a few "1/2 hr that turns into a weekend nightmare" jobs I've blindely stumbled into.
It may be a long shot, but try an industrial supply house ( one that deals in bearings/hydraulic hoses and fittings etc) and see if you can get a metric o-ring. My experience is that even here in metric Canada, metric O-rings are hard to obtain in all sizes. At work we special order them (in buna rubber and silicon). The local supply house carries a wide selection of standard size but only a limited selection of metric. However they do sell a "variety pack" of various metric sizes that I've been tempted to buy for home use. Good luck Alistair p.s. Rich, your return to address bounces.
>Now I have no o-ring for the housing. I guess the engine gasket kit >does not include one. My local VW dealership doesn't have one and it >takes them a couple of weeks to get in parts. >Question: Can I just put in a bead of RTV form-a-gasket stuff on top of >the thermostat and bolt the housing together? It looks like this might >work. I'll order a replacement gasket, but I'd like to get the show on >the road. |
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