[Vwdiesel] thermostat

[Shawn Wright]

On 19 May 2005 at 20:56, mikitka <mikitka at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Since I had to drain my coolant I may as well put in a new thermostat. Is
> the 80C the correct one or is it the 87C, Does it matter and is the cooler
> one better?

87C is the correct one. You should get a good German one. If you can't find a decent 
one, I'd keep the old one (assuming it's a good German one...), after testing it in hot 
water of course. In fact, test a new one as well. The OEM ones last a long time, I've 
never had one fail. I have had cheap ones stick however, one stuck open, the other 
closed.
Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy