Do it saturday! Then we can see if your hangover agreed with the smell of antifreeze on sunday when you open the bonnet 
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Technical Suspected paggerd abarth thermostat?
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Technical Suspected paggerd abarth thermostat?
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Oh trust me bud, you'll know if it did soon as I step out of the car ........ That's if I end up making it lol
........ That's if I end up making it lol
Oh trust me bud, you'll know if it did soon as I step out of the car
YOU WILL MAKE IT!
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I might have set fire to Enzo by then if I can't get those stooooopid hose clips off
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Get the blow torch and some heat on them :devil:
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It may well come to that Jon
Hi Gadge, you have the same problem I did when I first got my stilo, I done my thermostat when I first bought my schumy, the clips where a bit of a pain but just broke them off and replaced with jubilee clips, I was also told the bottom 10mm bolt is not accessible with a socket, but I managed it no problems at all with no special tools, I think the biggest ball ache was getting the coolant pipes off, I also used a pattern part made by first line fitted perfectly, flushed the old coolant and replaced, since done 6.5k without and issues, warms up in roughly 3-4 miles upto normal working temperature, took me 2 hours start to finish, good luck bud
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Ok I thought it best to buy a coolant sensor while I was at it - seemed a bit false economy not to - eBay prices were at around £20 mark, just been to my local motor factors (MVC) and picked up an inter motor one for £16
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Too late now but if it ain't broke don't fix it!
I put my exiting temp. sensor back in without problems, After all that's what gave me the indication that the thermostat was knackered in the first place.
The hose clamps were OEM which are one time use only AFAICS so used a combination of side-cutters and screwdriver to remove them without destroying the hoses. The hoses were removed by gently using a screwdriver and twisting.
Replaced all with genuine Jubilee clips.
I put my exiting temp. sensor back in without problems, After all that's what gave me the indication that the thermostat was knackered in the first place.
The hose clamps were OEM which are one time use only AFAICS so used a combination of side-cutters and screwdriver to remove them without destroying the hoses. The hoses were removed by gently using a screwdriver and twisting.
Replaced all with genuine Jubilee clips.
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Here's my new one all in and fitted, must say yours looks like a good quality part! Good luck with the fitting, and just a point, euro car parts has pink coolant on offer if you reserve online, depending if your changing or reusing, or going for Paraflu!
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Thanks for the heads up on the antifreeze I already got 5 litres of "pink" from halfords. I'm quite pleased with the parts I have I'm just hoping I can get the old one off tomorrow without any drama. Naturally I'll take some photos
I already got 5 litres of "pink" from halfords. I'm quite pleased with the parts I have I'm just hoping I can get the old one off tomorrow without any drama. Naturally I'll take some photos
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ok despite a devastating hangover (as predicted ) I managed to fit my new thermostat. yey. there was some swearing, and some head scatching along with some very welcome cups of coffee supplied by my wife and once i'ld managed to undo the mixture of hose clamps and jubilee clips it was a pretty straight forward affair. I couldn't drain the whole of the coolant out as fiat fitted the bottom hose clamp in such a way that only tinkerbell could get at it so had to just put a drain pan under the area and hope for the best. anyways heres some photos
ok so once the induct pipe was out the way the stat was clearly visible, the hose clamps were a pain in the arse and even the jubilee clips were no good after I removed them so if your doing this at home make sure you get some in.
after a lot of faffing and some skin loss I managed to extract the stat and clean the area ready for the new one
and "jay dee" once it was on it was just a case of running it up to temperature, topping the antifreeze/water mixture up and waiting for the fan to kick in which after a bit of hose squeezing finally did at exactly the half way mark on the gauge
so hopefully all good for "sausage sunday" in Northampton tomorrow. happy days
) I managed to fit my new thermostat. yey. there was some swearing, and some head scatching along with some very welcome cups of coffee supplied by my wife and once i'ld managed to undo the mixture of hose clamps and jubilee clips it was a pretty straight forward affair. I couldn't drain the whole of the coolant out as fiat fitted the bottom hose clamp in such a way that only tinkerbell could get at it so had to just put a drain pan under the area and hope for the best. anyways heres some photos 
ok so once the induct pipe was out the way the stat was clearly visible, the hose clamps were a pain in the arse and even the jubilee clips were no good after I removed them so if your doing this at home make sure you get some in.
after a lot of faffing and some skin loss I managed to extract the stat and clean the area ready for the new one
and "jay dee" once it was on it was just a case of running it up to temperature, topping the antifreeze/water mixture up and waiting for the fan to kick in which after a bit of hose squeezing finally did at exactly the half way mark on the gauge
so hopefully all good for "sausage sunday" in Northampton tomorrow. happy days
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Wow just took the car on a road test to where I work which is only about 4 miles away and I can't belive what a difference a new thermostat makes! So much so that I'm starting to think that the stat may have been broken - or certainly on its way out - for quite some time? It gets warm sooooo quick! Usually by the time I do my 4 mile trip to work the temp needle is just over a quarter (last week it wouldn't even get past the "c"!) but now at about two miles into my journey it gets up the the halfway mark and stays there
Is it possible that a thermostat can be only half working?
Is it possible that a thermostat can be only half working?
Wow just took the car on a road test to where I work which is only about 4 miles away and I can't belive what a difference a new thermostat makes! So much so that I'm starting to think that the stat may have been broken - or certainly on its way out - for quite some time? It gets warm sooooo quick! Usually by the time I do my 4 mile trip to work the temp needle is just over a quarter (last week it wouldn't even get past the "c"!) but now at about two miles into my journey it gets up the the halfway mark and stays there
Is it possible that a thermostat can be only half working?
Im thinking that they can 'be on the way out' and start to fail.
My girlfriends new cars thermostat is playing up, wouldnt get upto temp the other day and fluctuates, got a new one to go on there when the cambelt and waterpump is done on wednesday
Glad yours is fixed mate.
Yep.
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It kind of makes sense the first time I noticed it wasn't behaving normally was around Easter time but because the weather wasn't that cold it got to temp easy enough it's just when I was on a motorway it wouldn't really get past a quarter up on the gauge untill I got into traffic.
