Themostat.. f@cKIn bad luck!

[Lee Goodall]

Replaced my thermostat and coolant temperature sensor after noticing the engine was taking longer to warm up on cold days and getting a fault for coolant temperature range.

After draining the coolant I started to remove the two bolts securing the thermostat housing (plastic) and one sheared clean in half inside the hole!!

..So a 30 minute job turned into a 'mare. I had to drill the old bolt out very slowly which was a b!tch to do.

Got a couple of replacement bolts cut them to size and fitted all the new parts.

Car is heating up much faster now and holds a more constant temp which is nice.

 

[aragorn]

ours had this problem when we baught it, needle wouldnt even reach 1/4 on the guage

Didnt have any snapped bolts but trying to refit the stat upside down under the car into an angled housing really was a fiddly thing to do!

 

[Lee Goodall]

Yeah.. I had to create a 'hybrid' socket tool to get the other bolt out because of the angle!!