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How to change your inline thermostats.
GTIEagles:
Top man. Yeah it does look really tight thanks for the tip. I'll get this done soonish.
dazza:
--- Quote from: waynos on May 03, 2015, 02:54:03 pm ---Ive just done my cambelt, water pump and both the thermostats. Mine is an 05. Ur inline stat is pretty easy to locate. Heres a pic to help u. If u imagine ur car didnt have the front end on its on the pipe to the left of the throttle body pipe. I took a couple pics. Its on the pipe with the yellow writing. The actual stat is next to the wiring loom
Dont even bother trying without hose clip pliers
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I've changed the inline stat by the battery. But can't find another one.
Are you sure an AXX engine with dsg would have two??
see pic below.
GTIEagles:
I have finally ordered the inline stat and I'm looking at replacing it either this weekend or next.
The coolant in my car has already been changed fairly recently so I don't really want to have to drain it all out if I can help it so I was wondering is it possible to plug the ends of the hoses that I will disconnect rather than draining it all out and filling the system again?
GTIEagles:
Managed to change my inline thermostat yesterday in the baking sun (not the best move!) Pretty easy to do apart from refitting the hose clips, as the mole grips just kept slipping off. Luckily Homebase is literally a stones throw away from my house so I ended up buying some screw in ones, replacing the impossible tension ones.
In hindsight I should have brought proper hose clip pliers but at the same time I'm not 100% on reusing the tension clips anyway.
So now my car hits 90 degrees in about 5 minutes whilst previously it would take 2-3 times as long.
ducman77:
Doing this job on Monday.
Hoping to do the main stat and the two inline stats.
2005 model AXX DSG car
This thread has been a godsend. Major respect, and a huge thanks to Human Joist and all the contributors :happy2:
Wish me luck!!
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