jonbad
Member
It's official, I'm stumped.
Have changed the thermostat but...
1. The old thermostat is a traditional thing.
2. I bought the "correct" thermostat but it is totally different, like a long black cylinder.
3. The new thermostat is what's shown on Audi's service software, not the one that was in the car.
4. Eurocarparts sell both types, so they don't know.
5. Oddly enough, the black cylinder thermostat does appear to locate and fit in the housing, but I cannot understand what seals it and what keeps it in place. The housing cap doesn't appear to have a way to hold it in place. It's as though the thermostat housing can take the black cylinder thermostat but there's no seal around it and the cap doesn't appear to hold it.
The car is a 1.4 BBY (petrol) first registered 1/1/2003.
I have been unable to find any reference to a traditional type of thermostat despite that having been the part fitted in the engine - I assume it hasn't, but don't know if it has ever been changed in the past.
Aside from shape,.The two thermostats have different operating temperatures.
Everything seems to point to the black cylinder type being correct for the car, but why then did it have a different sort in (and work) and have a different type available at all?!
Can anyone put me out my misery?!
Have changed the thermostat but...
1. The old thermostat is a traditional thing.
2. I bought the "correct" thermostat but it is totally different, like a long black cylinder.
3. The new thermostat is what's shown on Audi's service software, not the one that was in the car.
4. Eurocarparts sell both types, so they don't know.
5. Oddly enough, the black cylinder thermostat does appear to locate and fit in the housing, but I cannot understand what seals it and what keeps it in place. The housing cap doesn't appear to have a way to hold it in place. It's as though the thermostat housing can take the black cylinder thermostat but there's no seal around it and the cap doesn't appear to hold it.
The car is a 1.4 BBY (petrol) first registered 1/1/2003.
I have been unable to find any reference to a traditional type of thermostat despite that having been the part fitted in the engine - I assume it hasn't, but don't know if it has ever been changed in the past.
Aside from shape,.The two thermostats have different operating temperatures.
Everything seems to point to the black cylinder type being correct for the car, but why then did it have a different sort in (and work) and have a different type available at all?!
Can anyone put me out my misery?!