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Originally Posted by Mgaz
Pretty sure I'm leaking OAT into the V of the engine. I came back from a 2 week holiday and the battery on the ZS diseasel was flat so I took the ZT 190 to work instead. I got back home and could smell that yucky boiled off water/coolant smell. Had a look in the V and it looked a little damp with a wet area on the ridge of the plastic pipe . Is that the thermostat housing?
What are my options? Should I get a new thermostat along with a metal housing ? And what brand should I go for?
Or should I first check that I don't simply need a new seal or something?
I'm guessing the inlet manifold needs to come off again?  |
Watch out for a stream of well intentioned, but technically inept posting coming your way as to the reason behind the leak around the thermostat housing.
It is generally caused by a chemical incompatibility between the coolant and the o ring, which causes compression set to occur in the O ring, but can also be caused by poor installation technique
My advice if you like the car, treat yourself to a nice shiny aluminium thermostat housing from
Kaiser, fit this and never worry about it happening ever again
Brian
