Changed my thermostat yesterday along with a good flush (loads of crud out) and refill with fresh red coolant but I didn't get any seals with the thermostat. Any idea on what seals it should have? I ask because I had a blast up the M6 the early hours of this morning and I swear the level has dropped slightly. So I'd rather change the seals now than wait and realise too late I've lost all my coolant.

It should have come with a rubber O-ring.

Elite Pete wrote on 23. Dec 2009 at 15:45:

It should have come with a rubber O-ring.

Kinky bu66er! ;D ;D

I'll have a word as I am loosing coolant and they can re-imburse me for another gallon of VX red  >:(

Racking my poor brains trying to remember if the TD stat comes with seal, as seal is part of housing, not stat.

TheBoy wrote on 24. Dec 2009 at 09:22:

Racking my poor brains trying to remember if the TD stat comes with seal, as seal is part of housing, not stat.

Correct :y got a seal on order now  ::)

The 'O' ring seal comes with the replacement stat.
I changed mine earlier this year, I used a Gates replacement stat Pt No THO9180G1.
HTH

I can't speak for the diesel but when I changed the stat on my V6 earlier in the year I got most of the air out after a bit of local driving but I needed to top it up again after a 200 mile motorway trip.

Had me worried but it doesn't seem to have dropped since.

I've got a drip Andy, I can see it dripping when hot with a maglight

Welung666 wrote on 24. Dec 2009 at 22:09:

I've got a drip Andy, I can see it dripping when hot with a maglight

Oops. Can't argue with that diagnosis unfortunately.