Hello,

This afternoon I finally got round to changing the thermostat on my Fiat Punto 2004 1.2 Active. I removed the hose to drain the coolant having unscrewed the screw on the jubliee clip. I then removed the battery and its housing.

Next I removed the air intake filter box. Then I tried to remove the radiator hose from the end which was connected to the thermostat. However it was attached to the thermostat with a clip which I didn't know how to remove. As I couldn't remove the hose because of the clip I decided to unscrew the two bolts which hold the thermostat in place. I managed to do that and now I have the thermostat housing still attached to the end of the hose. I tried to remove the clip which holds the hose attached to the thermostat with a pair of pliers and I have damaged the clip.

I am going to buy a tool to remove the clip or cut it off. Once I have done that I need to replace the hose clip.


I want to replace with a jubilee clip. Does anyone know where I can get a quality jubilee clip which will be strong enough to hold the hose attached to the thermostat in place ? I'm not sure what size clip to get ?

If anyone can help I would be really grateful.


Sorry for the long post! Many thanks

hi
Just use side cutters to remove the original clip
Use any jubilee available from any motor spares outlet to be fare it does not need to be that tight to do the job
Luigi

Many thanks for your advice. Much appreciated.