1.6 thermostat

[billygeorge]

Car just sailed through MOT thought I would spend some time on little beauty.

Water temp taking age to warm up so managed to get a new thermostat off ebay, just thermostat, not complete unit.

Do I have to take unit off or can I slide it in somewhere?

[pinkskud]

you can take the pipe side off (the two bolts) and just pop the new one in. you have to be carefull that you locate the pin properly mind

[fordfan]

Check the pin location on the cover carefully, as sometimes the pin will punch through it, giving the thermostat nothing to act against, so it will effectively stay closed.

[TeflonTom]

make sure you get the right type of thermostat too because there is 2 types

[billygeorge]

Oh my god, what a job!

Old one looked OK, can only assume it was not fitted properly with pin located.

Thanks a lot.

[Tech1e]

And its working ok now?

[billygeorge]

Yes took it for drive, heater was working after a few hundred yards instead of a few hundred miles

[Tech1e]

Excellent

[Tom_vRS]

Thats good - think you must be one of the lucky ones.

As mentioned above, more often than not with these engines the pin locator in the housing wears rendering the stat useless... I had a 1.6 AEE in my Polo and the stat had punched through the back of the housing and demolished the water pump!!!

[rigsby]

I keep a spare housing for mine now, and tools to change it at roadside, just in case