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What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« on: 23 March 2011, 07:42:44 »
Welung666 came over last night to replace the thermostat, got it all stipped down, went to replace the thermo. only to discover the dealer had given me the wrong thermo.

What a waste of time and for Welung666 who came over.

Car in bits, back to the dealer today.

Not happy.
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #1 on: 23 March 2011, 07:58:52 »
Its not the length of the bolts is it AA?
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #2 on: 23 March 2011, 08:21:29 »
That was one problem, yes, but the seating was slightly different as well.
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #3 on: 23 March 2011, 08:23:26 »
Thats very odd, if its the right shape then there should be no issues, its not like there are more than one version for the V6
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #4 on: 23 March 2011, 08:37:39 »
The only issue I had once was that the o ring supplied would not fit in its recess. It needed a round in profile o ring the one that came was square in profile. . .
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #5 on: 23 March 2011, 08:39:53 »
The body wasn't as thick, so we had to cut the bolts down, put it all back together and water was pouring out.

Stripped it down again, and double checked them against each other, the rubber 'O' ring was slightly smaller, on the new one.
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #6 on: 23 March 2011, 08:41:51 »
Problem now is, Lee dosen't know when he'll be free again.
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #7 on: 23 March 2011, 09:00:06 »
What part number stat were you supplied?
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #8 on: 23 March 2011, 09:21:59 »
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The body wasn't as thick, so we had to cut the bolts down, put it all back together and water was pouring out.

Stripped it down again, and double checked them against each other, the rubber 'O' ring was slightly smaller, on the new one.

Yeh, the square section seal only seems to fit the large flanged stats.

The thin flanged stats need like a small fibre type seal (which doesn't work very well actualy!) which I am pretty sure Vx dont sell anymore (which I have flagged as an issue a number of times to them)

You could of swapped the inserts over to the old housing though....
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #9 on: 23 March 2011, 09:25:51 »
Housing V0090502201

Seal V0024447061
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #10 on: 23 March 2011, 09:27:56 »
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The body wasn't as thick, so we had to cut the bolts down, put it all back together and water was pouring out.

Stripped it down again, and double checked them against each other, the rubber 'O' ring was slightly smaller, on the new one.

Yeh, the square section seal only seems to fit the large flanged stats.

The thin flanged stats need like a small fibre type seal (which doesn't work very well actualy!) which I am pretty sure Vx dont sell anymore (which I have flagged as an issue a number of times to them)

You could of swapped the inserts over to the old housing though....

So, is that the way to go?
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #11 on: 23 March 2011, 09:30:19 »
They have given you the late seal ring which is incorrect for that stat.

For the stat you have you need 90502258 seal ring and new bolts 11094901

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Oh and transfer pipe seals 9129999
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #12 on: 23 March 2011, 09:33:24 »
The transfer pipe seals are correct, thanks.
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #13 on: 23 March 2011, 09:52:41 »
The best option is to get the later stat as the seal setup is MUCH better and MUCH more reliable
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Re: What a waste of an evening, thermostat.
« Reply #14 on: 23 March 2011, 10:01:43 »
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The best option is to get the later stat as the seal setup is MUCH better and MUCH more reliable

Anyone got the part number for the later stat please?
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