I ****** it!

[thepedster]

Arg, annoyed with myself now!

Was repalcing my thermostat this arvo, all going to plan nice and easy nad looking forward to finishing the job, untill it came to fitting the 'stat and its gasket, I didnt realise the gasket was one that fits 'around' the 'stat not ontop or below but both at the same time, so when I put the gasket in then the stat then replaced the coolant manifold pipe I bolted it down tight and cracked/split the aluminium coolant manifold :(

gotta go buy another one now as I doubt you could weld it back up could you? Its only a hairline fracture through it but enough to let water leak out when it exapnds due to the heat. Oh well just having a moan after my unsuccesfull mechanics spell this afternoon :evil3:

[sphell]

If you wanna be dodgy, just jam some blue silicon on the crack ;)

[need psi]

broke two in the same day, first was the original, second was a spare that i had, so i had to buy a new one, wasnt to expensive, just a ИИИИИ to take out the sensors after so long, there a bit flimsy beacuse there aluminium, oh well. good luck.

Ehab

[gthofan]

and dont forget the sticky tape!!

[stockstandard]

new one costs about $20

[thepedster]

Originally Posted by stockstandard

new one costs about $20

yeah, my one grace is that its a cheap and easy fix!

still, doubled the cost of my repair already though, c'est la vie and all that

[snypereb]

Cheap and easy do it properly so you dont have to worry about it!!

[efgiar]

i broke one, putting in the temp sensor (i think thats what is was) took another one off and couldnt get the bolt out! got it after an hour lol they are pricks to replace specially if u brake one... ИИИИes u off more