[Vwdiesel] Thermostat R&R, 95 TD

[weasel]

Well it stuck on me a bit once.  Not something I wasn't to repeat.  It
hasn't stuck since, so I am a bit lucky ( also helps that I got my fans
working properly )  I am due for a timing belt, guess I'll do the thermostat
at the same time.

Thanks for the info, it looked so easy in the Bentley ...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Wright" <swright at zuiko.sls.bc.ca>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Thermostat R&R, 95 TD


> 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-----
> > > From: vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com] On
> > > Behalf Of weasel
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:11 PM
> > > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > > Subject: [Vwdiesel] Thermostat R&R, 95 TD
> > >
> > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > > --
> > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > > 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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