Stupid previous owner rant
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I do womder sometimes..
My golf has not been keeping a consistent temperature, especially when driving on dual carriageways. The gauge would drop down a fair bit. Some days it wasn't as bad, depending on the weather and my driving style.
So I came to the conclusion that I should replace the thermostat. I was reluctant because I didn't want to disturb the bit of silicone sealant oozing from the thermostat area. I figured the job had probably already been dome badly by a previous owner, but at least there is probably a newish thermostat.
How wrong I was. Took off the two bolts, and started to scratch my head. There was NOTHING there. NOWT at all, except from a bit of rust and skanky silicone. No wonder my car would cool down on the dual carriageway, definitely didn't help my economy! What a gammon!!!
So, pleased that I had found the problem, I installed the new thermostat with some tiger seal… I joke, I used the proper gasket for 50p from euro car parts!
I then went to tighten up the bolts and found one thread almost completely stripped!! Some people just shouldn't work on cars. Luckily a new slightly longer bolt held. It will probably need a helicoil when I have time.
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Cheers
Rob
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Smudger
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I'll let you know how it acts tomorrow!
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Found this rattling about in the dash too..
1973 BMW 3.0CS "Helga"
1981 VW Golf GTi "Agolf"
1986 Ford Escort RS Turbo S2
1987 BMW M535i - 'Klaus'
Instagram: @ahmet_e9
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1973 BMW 3.0CS "Helga"
1981 VW Golf GTi "Agolf"
1986 Ford Escort RS Turbo S2
1987 BMW M535i - 'Klaus'
Instagram: @ahmet_e9
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Rounded nuts and bolts, silicone sealer, cut and taped wires, nothing done up tight/correct torque settings. arrggghhh
The list goes on and on…………………
I take my use of superglue is perfectly acceptable though
E
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h4rri said
I've had some awful bodges on cars but the scariest is the items left behind. The last was a couple of bags of whiteish powder hidden behind the gear gaitor … The one before was a couple of dozen shotgun cartridges in the rear storage
Haha, the powder sounds a bit odd. However, it wouldn't surprise me if every car my brother sold had a shotgun cartridge or a rifle round lying around somewhere!
Car now operates at the correct temperature.. just need to get the fuelling sorted. Hopefully EFI is on the horizon.
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