[Vwdiesel] 1991 Ecodiesel Questions

[Val Christian]

> > My ECO ( now 205K miles ) runs COOL.....eighty mph on the interstate (
...
>   Does sound like a bad thermostat.  There are many places to buy one but
> generally your local auto parts store is NOT the place to do it.  The opening
> is usually much smaller than the OEM stats.

	As others have recently heard with my cracked block story,
	other factors in the thermostat construction are factors.
	Like the rivet and reinforcement of the valve plate at the
	rear of the thermostat.  It's ugly when the retaining rivet
	fails and that plate works it's way into the water pump.