Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!There should be an O-ring on top of
the thermostat. That makes the seal.

Dennis

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of
Peter
  Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 6:54 PM
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  Subject: Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!

  Dear Syncronauts
     I just installed a new thermostat in my '87 syncro and carefully put
the housing back together and the housing is leaking like a sieve !!
  I took it apart again and cleaned it all out where the top & bottom of the
housing meet.  Everything looks fine!  I carefully put it back together,
poured in the coolant again and its just raining in there!!!  I cant figure
it out! Its not even under pressure! There are two flat surfaces that come
together and are flush (the top half & the bottom) and there's a screw at
each corner that holds them in place.  There's no rubber o ring or anything
like that to make the seal.
       I can see the coolant just flowing out in between the seam.  It looks
flush! I carefully screwed it down tightly with alot of pressure.  But not
so much as to crack the plastic top.
   Any ideas?? Thanks,

  Mystified,

  Peter

  please respond to me at printstud@bigfoot.com as well

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