 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | |  |  |  |  12-21-2005, 10:37 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lake George, NY Posts: 338 |  Question about thermostat (pic)
 when i took out the old thermostat i noticed a couple things: 1) There was a broken piece of plastic, which is probably in my engine now? Should i be worried about that? 2) The top metal peice on the new thermostat is shaped differently than the oem one. Will that cause any problems? |  |  | | 12-21-2005, 11:47 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: PA Posts: 822 |
It can't be worse then the chunks of the water pump impellers that broke up and are now in my stepdads engine in his vw passat vr6. | | | | | 12-22-2005, 12:10 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lake George, NY Posts: 338 |
well i took it for a drive and everything seems to be going well... Temperature is tacked right in the middle | | | | | 12-22-2005, 12:18 AM | #4 | | TRETEN IRGENDEINES ESELS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,687 |
As you might already know this is what happend to me. When i took mine out i noticed a piece of plastic,the same piece you have circled which fell into my engine. This was 3 weeks ago and i haven't had any issues. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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www.myspace.com/avusblueti | | | | | 12-22-2005, 02:30 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lake George, NY Posts: 338 |
i did read that thread tyler.. i thought a different piece broke off into your engine... you'd think they would make that plastic piece a little stronger | | | | | 12-22-2005, 02:39 AM | #6 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by rendoll911 i did read that thread tyler.. i thought a different piece broke off into your engine... you'd think they would make that plastic piece a little stronger | Just wait until the rest of the collant parts start to break! The one behind the motor is a b1tch to get at. There is one under the lower intake manifold, that one takes 2 hours to get to. Both of mine broke on seperate occations. Oh yeah, The top plastic hose holder on my radiator broke in half too. I've replaced almost the entire cooling system! __________________ 
'99 Dinan M3 | | | | | 12-22-2005, 04:16 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lake George, NY Posts: 338 |
oh great! something to look forward to | | | | | 12-22-2005, 04:22 AM | #8 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by DustenT Just wait until the rest of the collant parts start to break! The one behind the motor is a b1tch to get at. There is one under the lower intake manifold, that one takes 2 hours to get to. Both of mine broke on seperate occations.
Oh yeah, The top plastic hose holder on my radiator broke in half too. I've replaced almost the entire cooling system! | boy, i'm glad i had all that replaced before any of it broke. way to go me! LOL EDIT: and those picture negatives are sweet ... __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
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