[s-cars] The Old Thermostat Test - KISS

[Stephen Redford]

--------I once had a tuner / mechanic tell me , after I had cooked my engine (not the Audi )--thermostat was only months old-- , that I should have check the new one out of the box by the same "hot water-on the stove-method"  you have discribed .  He said he had seen new ones fail .   ......Stephen Redford '85urq u.s.model
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From: "CyberPoet" <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net>
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Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 9:11 PM
Subject: [s-cars] The Old Thermostat Test - KISS


>    Now this might seem overkill in this day and age, but I am always
> surprised at how many people on the S-List ask for predictions and
> diagnostics for things they can test themselves at home readily enough
> using stone age technology (OK, pre-OBDC technology). This isn't to
> chide anyone for asking, though, especially for some of the more
> detailed info (thanks to everyone -- err, to no one -- who answered my
> question about where the cable went from the brake distribution unit
> that was hanging free in my car).
>    Thermostat questionable? Remove it, bring it inside, heat up one pot
> of water on the stove (just shy of boiling), take another pot and put
> ice-water in it. Place the thermostat in the cold one and wait 120
> seconds -- does it close all the way? Place the thermostat in the warm
> one and wait 90 seconds -- does it open all the way? If either of this
> conditions isn't met, then it's bad -- period.
>
> Best Wishes,
> =-= Marc Glasgow
>
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