Today i fitted a new thermostat and while doing so i noticed this:

 

 

When i bypassed the hicas and relooped the pipe i must have moved it slightly towards the PS pump whoops, ive done a quick fix and cable tied it back. Close one hey :dance: Would of made a right ol mess down there.

Its only cut through the outer protecting foam and into the rubber slightly, not made it to the core thank god.

So i suppose anyone who has done they same just have a little check.

Edited March 19, 200916 yr by j1mmytt

very close, whats it like to do the thermo replacment, do i need anything else other than the thermostat???

Good spot Jim, if not your nice new engine would have been covered in muck, plus its sticky muck too.

very close, whats it like to do the thermo replacment, do i need anything else other than the thermostat???

 

Alan as you got the metal water pipes off, put some new rubber hoses on at the same time, either side of the stat. as the old are prone to cracking

Sorry Jim.

cheers bud, sorry for the hijack jimster

Alan as you got the metal water pipes off, put some new rubber hoses on at the same time, either side of the stat. as the old are prone to cracking

Sorry Jim.

 

No worries, start by taking out the rad, i only removed the lower metal pipe as my top ones are new from the rebuild, just wasnt sure if the thermostat was changed so i thought i might aswell as i had the day off and the sun was out, eas job but you will need hexagonal wrenches for one of the bolts on the bottom pipe.

wow ho ho, close one jim

close one !

Good spot mate

bloody hell close one indeed