Originally by BigK

One of the most common problems with the Felicia is the "my temp gauge doesn't go up whilst driving". Well this is the reason:

This is a pic of a new thermostat. Quite simple really. As the temp rises the spring retracts to allow that thermostat to open allowing hot coolant from engine into the radiator to be cooled. Pay attention to the lugs on circled with the green paint. Here we have a metal frame held in by a plastic surround and over time the plastic surround lugs break as shown in following pic.

As can be seen in this pic the lugs break causing the guts of the thermostat to break up allowing a constant flow of water to the radiator. Thus the coolant is permantly being cooled, causing not only the temp gauge to read low but the ECU into thinking engine is cold and injecting more fuel.

sorry for bumping the thread up but do u have larger pictures than the thumbnails ?

That's as big as I can get them I'm afraid.

is the problem the thermastat or the plastic houseing please

bump!

The problem is with the housing.

I've just replaced mine on a 2001 Fabia

hi colin -

know the fealing - one of my lugs came off inside the thermostat housing , apparantly it is a common fault with them - but , where there`s a will there`s a way - drilled a small hole in the cross bar with a pilot hole in the housing and put a little self taping screw in and its been as good as gold for 2yrs now - if it go`s on the other side i`ll buy a new one - i know , its cheating - cant let skoda win all the time -

hope it helps

help mines knackered too

just to rub salt in the wounds the bloody garage

sold me a stat for a diesel . anybody know how much the housing will cos for a 1999 felicia?

cheers

sean

help mines knackered too

just to rub salt in the wounds the bloody garage

sold me a stat for a diesel . anybody know how much the housing will cos for a 1999 felicia?

cheers

sean

Roughly

Hi,

'New' Felicia is suffering from same problem.

Is it an easy enough DIY repair?

How long would it take?

Thanks

hi would this broken thermostat cause the engine revs to surge ?