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Title: No thermostat!
Post by: metalhip on 08 May 2009, 13:43:28

I have an Elite 3ltr auto R reg. My daughter has been using this car for a while and last weekend they were going from my house to theirs in Derby. Not far from Derby there was a bang and what they thought was smoke appeared at the back. They got it towed home and on Monday I went over to have a look and found that on the radiator, where the top hose fits had blown apart.
I had it recovered to my house where I have stripped the radiator out and have been checking other items. On removing the thermostat housing there was no thermostat in it.  >:(

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: metalhip on 08 May 2009, 13:45:38

I meant to ask, apart froom the radiator is any other damage likely to have occured?

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: ians on 08 May 2009, 14:08:47

Just a thought (sorry if its a stupid question ::)) - you are looking in the right place for the stat aren't you (under the plenum)  There was someone a while back I recall who thought the stat was missing and was looking somehere else.

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: Andy B on 08 May 2009, 14:15:43

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Just a thought (sorry if its a stupid question ::)) - you are looking in the right place for the stat aren't you (under the plenum)  There was someone a while back I recall who thought the stat was missing and was looking somehere else.

I thought that too  :-/, you can't have a quick look at the thermostat  ..... http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1229464812  :y  :y

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: ians on 08 May 2009, 14:17:33

I also thought that the stat was integral with the housing and you can't have no housing.

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: Andy B on 08 May 2009, 14:19:11

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I also thought that the stat was integral with the housing and you can't have no housing.

Nothing is beyond being NOT integral with something!!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: ians on 08 May 2009, 15:29:45

LOL I guess not ;D

But why go to all the trouble of the stripdown, BB and all, only to reassemble with no stat :-?

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: metalhip on 08 May 2009, 15:45:55

 :y Yes, I removed the thermostat housing, thats why I know there is no thermostat :(

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: Andy B on 08 May 2009, 15:53:20

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:y Yes, I removed the thermostat housing, thats why I know there is no thermostat :(

A previous garage probably couldn't get a pattern part at the weekend so just bunged it back together to make it a runner. I'm sure they're quite expensive .... for a stat  :-/

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: Agemo on 08 May 2009, 16:55:24

Just wondering how far it was towed, as it's auto, and what temp did it run at? ::)

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: metalhip on 08 May 2009, 17:16:35

It wasnt towed very far. The engine wasnt running because it had no water due to the radiator burst.

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: metalhip on 08 May 2009, 17:54:01

(http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww1/ajr46/J4101010-1.jpg)

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: Andy B on 08 May 2009, 17:59:22

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(http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww1/ajr46/J4101010-1.jpg)

That was quite a leak then!  :o  :y  :y  :y  :y

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: metalhip on 08 May 2009, 18:01:19

(http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww1/ajr46/J4101013-1.jpg)

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: KillerWatt on 08 May 2009, 18:04:20

You were either $hit unlucky and had a radiator with a weak spot, or there is another problem elsewhere (head gasket) that caused the cooling system to pressurise beyond it's limits.

Either way, running without a stat alone would not have caused that to happen.

Get a new rad, then pressure test and take it from there.

Title: Re: No thermostat!
Post by: metalhip on 08 May 2009, 18:54:33

 :y