Technical replacing knackered head - head gasket gone

[rallycinq]

mine had had it's thermostat removed

my mum's seicento had no thermostat in it when she got it either

Put it back in

Cheers

SPD

 

[stuartp]

surprise surprise her head gasket went recently so the garage put a thermostat back in when they sorted it

 

[rallycinq]

surprise surprise her head gasket went recently so the garage put a thermostat back in when they sorted it

Good garage

Cheers

SPD

 

[lank36]

right so i sorted the thermostat yesterday... it took me 5 hours... one of the only two bolts holding the thermostat in sheared off.... taking 4 hours to remove it from the engine block... now it over heats so i remembered in my frustration i forgot to bleed it. went to bleed it today and the bleed nipple on the heater hose broke off.
does anyone no how much a new hose is? do i have to replace the whole hose or just the bleeding block? how much hassle?

im starting to think that my cinquecento dosent like me.

thanks

 

[fingers99]

You should be able to get hold of the bleeding bit very easily from a scrappy. They can be tight, but it's important to do them by hand rather than with a tool as they're easy to snap.