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Thermostat - which way up ?

Hi all,

Just bought a new thermostat - a genuine Porsche one no less [:)][:)]

There is an arrow on it and so my question is does the arrow need to point up, down, sideways (North - lol) or does it not matter ???


Cheers, Jeff
 
ORIGINAL: A9XXC The arrow points in the direction of the flow. The circlip is a pain!
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Not wishing to appear thick [:)] but does that mean arrow points down as in waterflow from the pump down to bottom of radiator ? Got some angled circlip pliers - so hopefully not too much of a pain [;)][;)]
 
Yes - from the block to the rad. Hope they're heavy duty ones - I have some in the company tool kit, which I broke!
 
Aaaaaaaargh [:mad:][:mad:][:mad:][:mad:] Changed the stat after a bit a fight with the circlip - but not too much bother. Then whilst waiting for things to warm up - engine just cut out. After a bit of investigation turns out the rotor arm decided that was it and disintegrated. Brilliant !!!! Worse still - tax runs out tomorrow and was due to take to dry storage until next April whilst new garage is being built. Just phoned Halfords (what choice do I have) and they quoted me £28 for a new one, but not in stock. So on the phone tomorrow morning hopefully to find one, for a 5 mile drive. [&:][&:]
 
What a difference a day makes (there's a song there somewhere [:D][:D]) Found a rotor arm, system all bled and went for a nice long drive - still smiling now [:D][:D] Off this afternoon to tuck her up for the winter months and just to cheer me up took some photos that I thought I would share. Jeff
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Glad to hear it was all good in the end, at least thats 2 jobs you don't have to do after hibernation! And a last run out to top it off [:)]
 
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