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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: chrismac89 on 11 March 2011, 20:19

Title: problems after refitting thermostat.
Post by: chrismac89 on 11 March 2011, 20:19

refitted my thermostat today but having a problem with it, it seems to be leaking from the left underneath side of the flange, any ideas to as what could be the problem?
thanks
chris

Title: Re: problems after refitting thermostat.
Post by: Khare on 11 March 2011, 20:24

Did you fit a new O ring?

Did you fit a new thermostat?

Title: Re: problems after refitting thermostat.
Post by: chrismac89 on 11 March 2011, 20:40

yea fitted both of them, has got me stumped tbh.

Title: Re: problems after refitting thermostat.
Post by: Khare on 11 March 2011, 20:42

The thermostat housing is know to crack upon refitting, as with age and the changes in temperature they go brittle.

Title: Re: problems after refitting thermostat.
Post by: chrismac89 on 11 March 2011, 20:45

i guess i know where next weeks wages is going then lol, cant even drive the bloody thing because the leak is that rapid is draining quite quick.

Title: Re: problems after refitting thermostat.
Post by: Khare on 11 March 2011, 20:46

Have a visual inspection before buying anything though, it may not be the thermostat housing after all. However unless you've fitted the O ring badly then it has to be the housing.

Title: Re: problems after refitting thermostat.
Post by: Wayne on 11 March 2011, 21:33

You might have pinched / trapped the o-ring when you refitted it.