VZ Adventra - 2021 Lockdown Project

[krusing]

Please don’t tell me is worse then a L67 to replace the Thermostat ?

 

[krusing]

Thermostat doing its thing.

Thermost at the back of the motor,
Why would they do that !
No wonder people hate Engineer’s !

 

[krusing]

Thermostat doing its thing.

Especially since we have had a few hot days here in Victoria!

 

[Fu Manchu]

True, but isn’t there a o-ring on that pipe where it’s leaking ?

If that is where the pipe is connected to the Thermostat housing then yes. Yes there is an o-ring there. A bit hard to tell in the pic.

You might get lucky and just need to get that changed.

 

[krusing]

If that is where the pipe is connected to the Thermostat housing then yes. Yes there is an o-ring there. A bit hard to tell in the pic.

You might get lucky and just need to get that changed.

That pipe in question that goes to bottom of the Radiator,
Can I assume its the same one that is used on the LFX's,
Because I have one here that I got from my nephew with a o-ring on it after we did the LFX > LFX swap,
and the o-ring looks fairly new.
Cleaned the pipe up with steel wool, and came up band new,
apart from a very small dent in the side of it.

 

[lowandslow]

Thermost at the back of the motor,
Why would they do that !
No wonder people hate Engineer’s !

L67 was first mounted East-West in the American cars before it came here.
Thermostat would have been a dream to change then.

 

[Fu Manchu]

That pipe in question that goes to bottom of the Radiator,
Can I assume its the same one that is used on the LFX's,
Because I have one here that I got from my nephew with a o-ring on it after we did the LFX > LFX swap,
and the o-ring looks fairly new.
Cleaned it up with steel wool, and came up band new,
apart from a very small dent in the side of it.

Look at that o-ring just laughing.
A tiny bloody o-ring can unleash some grief no one needs.

 

[krusing]

Look at that o-ring just laughing.
A tiny bloody o-ring can unleash some grief no one needs.

In all seriousness,
I checked out the price for a new one,
Bit the bullet and bought the kit of 3,
The large one, and the 2 small ones.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3028422...rdzx3ovS8u&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Be buggered if I want to be caught out the BFN on my road trip/s to the Victoria High Country.

 

[krusing]

Look at that o-ring just laughing.
A tiny bloody o-ring can unleash some grief no one needs.

And in the worst possible position!
I thought I may have received the replacement O-ring by Friday, but they didn't arrive,
As I was planning to replace it this weekend, to get another job out of the way.

I must say, on the really hot days we had here in Melbourne, I mean high 30's
The Temperature sat just a little over the 1/4 mark on the gauge, and ran great,
I also hope the Heat would have softened/thinned the gunk build up in the crank case and thinned it out,
So possible time for another oil and filter change.

 

[Skylarking]

No wonder people hate Engineer’s !

I‘m sure the engineer wanted the thermostat to be moved but the accountants overruled any further “unnecessary” spend

So hating engineers is misguided since all our maintenance difficulties can all be tracked back to accountants