Telegraph said:

new clip refill and hopefully job done

Thank you very much for your quick reply, before job done I need to refill and evacuate the system, is it straight forward, filling, running the engine and top up or do I need to open sudden bleed nippels to get rid of air pockets?

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Telegraph said:

Hi Vento yes pretty sure that is what I used it fits old Volvo 360 and some other cars. It fits into the large rubber hose from the thermostat housing to the radiator to the left of the battery. It involves removing the hose clamp and pulling the hose off then the only tricky part pushing the stat into the hose the YouTube bloke used grease to help I used neat antifreeze as a lubricant and it is a tight fit a tube or large deep socket helps to push it that last 25mm be careful not to damage the bulb thing. As you refit the hose you will see that the bulb fits nicely into the housing, new clip refill and hopefully job done. Ours is still fine last summer on our holidays it had a stiff test and no trace of overheat. The temp needle should rise to halfway fairly quickly even when it's freezing. I do not understand why FIAT fitted this over complex difficult to access expensive and unreliable thermostat assembly so many thanks to youtube gentleman!.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-340-360-1-7-1-4-83-91-Replacement-Thermostat-/301102201921?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3AVolvo&hash=item461b16fc41

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