On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 12:11 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> hi Don,
> re "The thermostat housing it front and center on the top of my inline
> motor,
>
> I don't believe that is correct.
> It's more 'under and buried' and these VW inline 4 engines, gas and diesel
> ..
> have their t-stats on the bottom ..( where the return-from-rad main hose
> is )
>
>
Yes, when installed in a Jetta, or other VW sedan,  they ARE under and
buried down under everything, but when mounted on Vanagon diesel bars in
the same manner as VW did with the diesel Vanagon motors, they are on the
upper side of the motor, the side that's now facing up, and the water
pump/oil cooler area ends up really right on top,  in front of the back of
the engine lid opening...easy to reach and easy to work..

    So, "a good German one' is Behr?   I guess there isn't a way to verify,
on the bench, that my current one or my spare one are working properly..and
just ordering any old thermostat from Amazon or some chain autoparts place
is STILL going to have me guessing whether the thermostat is working
properly?  And, I should buy two of em?  one to keep as a known good spare,
because there is no dependable test to verify proper operation, again, on
the  bench?

   I hate it when you buy a new part and that part doesn't work.....like
has been mentioned about many of our parts we get recently....

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