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17th September 2010, 18:31 | #41 |
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You are correct Matt!
Not one of them I've changed in last 2 years has stuck open. (around qty 50 !)
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17th September 2010, 18:46 | #42 |
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Now you tell me! Or, if you told me before it must be the short-term memory loss.
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17th September 2010, 18:56 | #43 |
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Interesting.. End result is the same though, engine is kept cool due to water going through the rad too early and the owner freezes.. heh heh..
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Personally, I'll be surprised if that is the result. Opening at a much lower temperature than normal doesn't come over (to me anyway) as the direct result changes in the wax. I assume these stats are wax stats and not some other system? TC |
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17th September 2010, 19:36 | #45 |
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I believe it is wax that controls the opening. But if it were not the wax degrading, would you be thinking that the spring tension is changing somehow? My gut feeling is that it is more likely to be the wax. Matt |
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Unfortunately my extension cable would not reach to drive to work. Matt |
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17th September 2010, 22:00 | #47 |
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Thanks fo the tips, will have to gove the diagnostics a go! I do have one of those code readers that hooks up to a laptop and gives running info. WOnder if it'd give coolant temp.?
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18th September 2010, 09:59 | #49 |
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Yes, I would agree that proper testing would give us the answer. Unfortunately I gave my faulty stat away to another member for him to source a hotter version, which never materialised. So I am unable to help. Matt |
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As I said earlier my gut feeling will be the wax, but could it be that the sealing of the wax might be at fault. Either coolant getting in to mix with the wax, or wax escaping past the seal. Either might cause the gradual change in opening of the stat I would have thought. Matt |
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