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    New Thermostat

    Was out driving this evening and the engine temp would not go higher than 70deg. What do you think, dodgy stat.
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    yep

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    Exact same issue on mine. New stat fixed it
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    Quote Originally Posted by S3featesV9 View Post
    Exact same issue on mine. New stat fixed it
    Agreed, fitted one couple of weeks back as mine was doing exact same thing and fixed it.

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    I had the same issue, the temp even went down as I drove. New Thermostat fixed it, pretty easy to fit.

 

 

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