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Title: Cleanliness is close to godliness
Post by Marks DTM Calib on 24. Mar 2010 at 10:34

....and removes the need to take engines apart again!

Changed a thermostat for a member on here last night as it was stuck open.

Now this particular power plant has a checkered history as mentioned on a previous thread as the engine should be a 2.6 but, it certainly has pre 98 2.5 heads fitted!

Anyway, having removed the offending stat, it became quite clear why the stat was faulty.

You can see a huge length of sealant stuck in the stat........

So, let this be a lesson to all.....excessive use of sealant is not good and cleanliness is essential!

Title: Re: Cleanliness is close to godliness
Post by tunnie on 24. Mar 2010 at 10:53

i just used a small dab of grease on the o-ring when I did the stat on the 3.0, that sealant almost looks like black cam cover sealant?

Title: Re: Cleanliness is close to godliness
Post by Marks DTM Calib on 24. Mar 2010 at 10:54

tunnie wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 10:53:

i just used a small dab of grease on the o-ring when I did the stat on the 3.0, that sealant almost looks like black cam cover sealant?

I suspect it was cam cover sealent.....the trick with sealent is to just use a wipe of the stuff.....not so much that it ouzes out when compressed into some huge additional O ring!

Title: Re: Cleanliness is close to godliness
Post by tunnie on 24. Mar 2010 at 10:57

wonder if they thought it needed it, the o-ring i got with our kit was quite thin, and did not fully fit depth / width of the grove on the stat, its been watertight though :-/

Title: Re: Cleanliness is close to godliness
Post by JohnM on 24. Mar 2010 at 20:40

A shame, especially as it looked like a decent stat.
So, inappropriate use of (excessive) sealant and a need to do the whole job again, plus stat and a/freeze ...
Still, not sure why 'that' bolt got it's name.

-Must change my sig to 85° !

Title: Re: Cleanliness is close to godliness
Post by 2woody on 24. Mar 2010 at 21:54

I reckon an engine is only clean enough to reassemble if you'd be confident licking the bits.

Title: Re: Cleanliness is close to godliness
Post by Marks DTM Calib on 24. Mar 2010 at 23:08

2woody wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 21:54:

I reckon an engine is only clean enough to reassemble if you'd be confident licking the bits.

thats why my dishwasher gets so much use on engine bits :y

Title: Re: Cleanliness is close to godliness
Post by Hannah Judes Dad on 25. Mar 2010 at 00:22

2woody wrote on 24. Mar 2010 at 21:54:

I reckon an engine is only clean enough to reassemble if you'd be confident licking the bits.

If I could do that I would make a fortune in films ;D