[Vwdiesel] Thermostat R&R, 95 TD

[Shawn Wright]

Strange... In 20 years of driving VW/Audis, I've never had one fail on me.
(I did have one on a Renault stick open, but never a VW or Audi). I usually
replace them with the water pump just because, so now I have several of
them that still seem fine. Just lucky I guess...

On 6 May 2003 at 22:44, Val Christian wrote:

> Just use a better quality thermostat than the one I did...that failed with
> the valve retaining rivet failing.  The valve plate stuck in the water
> pump housing, blocking flow to the water pump.  (also a 91)
>
> Val
>
> > I changed one about 3 yrs ago - If it's similar to my '91, and if I
> > remember correctly, I had to take off the power steering pump bracket in
> > order to get the bolts to the thermostat cover out, which of course
> > necessitated at least loosening the power steering pump to get the bolts
> > out that hold the bracket on (that lives in the house that Jack
> > built)... it was more of a PITA than I anticipated also...
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Behalf Of weasel
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:11 PM
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> > Subject: [Vwdiesel] Thermostat R&R, 95 TD
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> > Mine stuck on me a while back.  I got a new one thinking that it should
> > be a simple job ( at least in the pics of the Bentley )  So I go to
> > tackle the job and low and behold I have a bunch of brackets etc. in the
> > way.  I was wondering just what I have to remove to get the thermostat
> > out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Derek
> >
> > BTW, for those that gave advice on the Audi I was looking at ( it turned
> > out to be a 4000, 5cyl ), we bought it.  Just needs a brake job and a
> > good tune up.  Thanks for the great input !
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Shawn Wright
http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
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