Thermostat question

[secondchance]

I am getting ready to flush my cooling system and will be going to 180 thermostat.
Question is, is there a gasket for this? Or is it just high temp sealant between the housing and the thermostat? It's been a while and can't remember.

Thanks.

[HAWAIIZR-1]

Hey Yun,

There is a seal for the thermostat housing. I don't recall using any sealant, just the seal.

Part number: 10226107

[secondchance]

Thanks, Craig.

[sammy]

the only seal is the rubber gasket that goes around the thermastat. that seals the whole deal

[Daniel_Mc]

sammy
the only seal is the rubber gasket that goes around the thermastat. that seals the whole deal

Sammy's right. Not hard to do at all. Jerry suggested drilling some holes in the thermostat to help the flow of coolant; I did this but haven?t gotten the car back together yet. I?m hoping I drilled them large enough.

Daniel

[bdw18_123]

Where exactly do you drill these holes in the thermostat?

[Kevin]

make sure it's put in the correct way...i went through three rads before the idiots at tom henry chevy listened to me

[Daniel_Mc]

bdw18_123,

I didn't take a picture of the one I did but here is a google search of it.

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1T4...w=1280&bih=807

But when I did the search I ran across this over on the mustang forums:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...hermostat.html

I am now considering just putting a 180 in with the Ron Davis and being done with it.

Daniel

[sammy]

what i did was drill 2 3/32 hole 180 deg apart and install it so one was on the bottem and one on the top . it takes about 10 minutes longer in the winter to get to temp. i found out that 3 1/8 holes were to much for my cars ,causing them to run too cool . i try to have them run as close to 180 as i can .also if they run cooler than 176 the car doesnt go into the learn sec .of the computor .which doesnt effect full throttle but can effect daily driving .

[secondchance]

To drill or not to drill - that is the question...