coolant thermostat ???

[dannyg1985]

sorry but wiki aint workin !!! where do i finf me coolant thermostat? i really need to test it,

cheers dan

[R0B]

you've not gone and broken the wiki have you...

[R0B]

it would help to know what engine you have.this is for the petrol engine...

[dannyg1985]

ohhh yeh 1.9DG cheers dan

[Nicola&Tony]

If it's an early dg, the thermostat housing is metal and bolted onto the side of the water pump, fairly central in this photo. The yellow and red wire goes to the temp sender on the t'stat housing.



Tony

[dannyg1985]

If it's an early dg, the thermostat housing is metal and bolted onto the side of the water pump, fairly central in this photo. The yellow and red wire goes to the temp sender on the t'stat housing.



Tony

cool cheers for that so i take it i gotta open that up n take it out n test, its a 1983 n i can see its the same as mine, cheers dan

[Nicola&Tony]

You're probably gonna have to remove the housing from the water pump to open it up (having drained the cooling system first), but I could be wrong about that. Personally I wouldn't bother testing the thermostat, if you think it's playing up and you don't know when it was last replaced, just pop over to Brickwerks for a new one:
Link to Brickwerks t'stat

Be careful not to damage that t'stat housing because they're not so easy to come by now, only available second hand from breakers etc.

Tony

[dannyg1985]

cool cool thanks for the info, will be back on the road soon (me hopes) aslong as nothing else goes wrong, hehe yeh rite