All this for a thermostat and thermostat housing......it's a VW....

[Ranger44]

Car was losing coolant and owner complained of a leak. We could see the general area of which it was coming from, but needed a closer look. We basically told the owner....once we took everything off......it was getting fixed....

03' VW Passat with a 2.8 v6.

Our problem......a cracked thermostat housing.

Had to put a tool on to hold the top cam shafts in place. Had to move the timing belt out a little, but still wanted to be safe.....interferance engine and all.

New one and thermostat in place.

Installation was in reverse order......blah blah.

All in all it took me the better part of a day, but it was my first one, and I took my time in order to get everything back properly.

 

[ufgators68]

And I thought the t-stat housing on my truck was a pain the butt to get to.

 

[Ranger44]

Yeah, as intense as it was, it really wasn't THAT hard. Just time consuming.

 

[jhammel85]

Good God that looks like a PITA. Kinda odd how it has a mechanical fan and its off to the side like that.

I had a 97 Ford Probe GT (awesome car) with Mazdas KLDE. To do the water pump, the engine had to be jacked up on one side so you could reach the pump + all of the bolts for the timing cover had to go along with all belts. Just seemed like so much for work a water pump.

Then you've got my truck...A 2.9. Its right there and easy as pie to get to. I love it

 

[martin]

Yea! Volkswagons are like that. It's hard to imagine how they went from the old beetles simplicity the what they have now.

 

[Ranger44]

There is both a mechanical fan and electric fan. The mechanical fan runs all the time and the electric fan runs when the a/c is on, and during extreme hot conditions.