thermostat housing

Post Sat May 07, 2005 5:11 pm

hola!
right ive embarked on my first major mechanical expedition (for me) by replacing the thermo housing as the inlet pipe at the bottom had sheered off.
now, it all went really well up until the point i realised i had 2 extra threaded holes in it

these holes are the same diameter as the brown temp sensor and i would suspect it would be for something simmilar.
have i been sold the wrong part here? i really cant be arsed the take it all out again drive 20 miles and then replace it all over again and so i was wondering if there was a way to resolve this problem with a cap or something similar, anyone know the diameter of the brown sensor?

any ideas would be great

regards

elliot

Post Sat May 07, 2005 5:18 pm

Can you nip down to the scrappy and get another sensor? Then just use it as a plug?

Post Sat May 07, 2005 5:42 pm

that was my first thought, one of the holes is above the thermostat and im sure it would be a bit long, dya reckon cutting a bit off would be ok?

ta 4 the reply btw

Post Sat May 07, 2005 5:50 pm

What car is it that you're working on?
My 325 has 2 sensors above the thermostat, so I assume it would fit.

Post Sat May 07, 2005 5:54 pm

320i 89 cabrio. which side of the injector rail are yours?

Post Sat May 07, 2005 6:37 pm

Dunno, I'd have to go outside with the hailstones like a lorry load of hundreds and thousands. Any one would think it had been snowing here.

Post Sat May 07, 2005 7:30 pm

does it look any thing like this

(click for larger picture)

if so then it the right one, and could you not just take the blanking short bolts out of you older housing??

Post Sat May 07, 2005 7:34 pm

You see I knew some one would have a pic like that. I'd never noticed that it has blanking bolts. Don't have to go outside now

Post Sat May 07, 2005 7:53 pm

Widge wrote:You see I knew some one would have a pic like that. I'd never noticed that it has blanking bolts. Don't have to go outside now

i thought id save you the trip outside ye big jessie :lol:

Post Sat May 07, 2005 8:02 pm

The hail stones were as big as my HEAD!!!!!!!
And I watched the day after tommorow this morning.

Watching the making of the Abyss now, it's facinating

Post Sat May 07, 2005 8:11 pm

craigieeb wrote:does it look any thing like this

(click for larger picture)

if so then it the right one, and could you not just take the blanking short bolts out of you older housing??

the original didnt need the bolts as it was blanked off, from the factory machine i guess. my new one however is the same as yours minus the bolts

Post Sat May 07, 2005 8:15 pm

do you want them? this 1 is just going to get thrown in the bin, but if you need them quickley just go to the scrapyard armed with a 19mill spanner

Post Sat May 07, 2005 8:17 pm

Blu Tac? Chewing gum?? :lol:

You may laugh but Alan Clarke once "fixed" a RR Silver ghost which had a hole in the block with chewing gum, then saw it 6 months later after it had had a respray still with chewing gum on the block.
The cooling systems on old Rollses were quite lowly pressurised.

Post Sat May 07, 2005 8:19 pm

[quote="Widge"]The hail stones were as big as my HEAD!!!!!!!
quote]

hehehe tell me about it, i was on my way back from whitley bay and i thought my screen was going to get smashed to bits

Post Sat May 07, 2005 8:50 pm

craigieeb wrote:do you want them? this 1 is just going to get thrown in the bin, but if you need them quickley just go to the scrapyard armed with a 19mill spanner

i would really appreciate that

dont mind throwing some deniro your way

regards

elliot

Post Sat May 07, 2005 9:19 pm

no wories just send me your address via p.m and ill stick them in the post on monday : ) no need for any deniro here

Post Sat May 07, 2005 11:34 pm

thanks craig your a star

pm sent....

slightly ot but i work for a geordie firm im gosforth called fenhams. dont know if youve heard of em or not. tryin my hardest to keep up on the drinkin stakes but failing

southern softies eh!

Post Sun May 08, 2005 12:29 am

Hi mate,
What do you do at fenhams/ what do they do???
BMW's by any chance??????

Post Sun May 08, 2005 9:05 am

Widge wrote:Hi mate,
What do you do at fenhams/ what do they do???
BMW's by any chance??????

lol it be a pretty bad bmw place if i worked there :lol:

its a heating company, im a sparky you see going all over the country fitting boilers for old and scruffy people.
:lol:

if anyone needs any advice on household electrics, im ya man

Post Wed May 11, 2005 10:05 pm

did you get your nuts

sorted out mate

Post Thu May 12, 2005 1:23 am

yep, thanks alot mate, nuts are well and truly screwed

i owe you a

or 2

slightly concerned about the white smoke coming out the rearthough, left it running for about 20 mins and it didnt clear up

btw this may sound a stoopid question but how tight should the coolant cap be? after a few minuits of running, if its not tight water comes out the over flow pipe

ive got heat coming out of the blowers and the temp sits around the middle. am i just worryin over nothing here (please say yes, please say yes, please say yes, please say yes,)

btw you goin to the midlands meet?

elliot

Post Thu May 12, 2005 9:12 am

YES!

probably... I'm guessing by you posts that the car has been sat and not run for a few days in cold weather conditions.

This will cause loads of condensation in the exhaust system, the only way to stop the white smoke is actually drive the car.

Sounds like its sorted. (You did bleed the system, didn't you)

Post Thu May 12, 2005 9:21 am

Re coolant cap: What colour is the plastic disc on the bottom of the cap?
It should be yellow, was the subject of a recall many years ago. If it's black then get it changed for the new type. I have had several from my local dealer FOC over the years, the last one being about eighteen months ago.
They will need your VIN to check.

Post Thu May 12, 2005 9:32 am

not sucha stupid question after all, let me go and check....do they swap it for free?
sorry FOC- free of charge

regards

elliot

Post Thu May 12, 2005 9:43 am

right, just checked and its a black one( top and bottom) time to get it changed me thinks

just checked my water and it looked a little bit lower than the fill line, topped it up with water then realised IM PARKED ON A HILL!!!!

@ andy. sure did matey but i think it may be worth doing again after i have a drive in it, what do you think?

elliot

Post Thu May 12, 2005 10:10 am

I usually bleed my cars with the engine running, I'm not sure of the BMW bona fide procdure on an E30 but it seems to work well on them.

It will probably give you a little more confidence in the water system if you double check it, us E30-ers seem to like doing things absolutley spot on.

Post Thu May 12, 2005 7:43 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:Re coolant cap: What colour is the plastic disc on the bottom of the cap?
It should be yellow, was the subject of a recall many years ago. If it's black then get it changed for the new type. I have had several from my local dealer FOC over the years, the last one being about eighteen months ago.
They will need your VIN to check.

is that a fact now, a trip to the local steelers is in order then eh