Dont forget the joy of breaking loose seazed bolts that might snap
off. Drilling put and removing the btoken bits. Spray a very good
penetrating oli on them a couple of days beforehand and be carefull.
I Erbs
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On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:35 PM, awgertoo@aol.com wrote:
> I need to change the thermostat in my wife's BN7--it is pretty cold
> here in
> MD and the car warms up very slowly and ultimately will not get
> over 140
> degrees--undoubtedly it is stuck open.
>
> I have a new 180 degree thermo and gasket. Am I correct that all I
> need
> to do is to drain the water level down to where it is below the
> level of the
> thermostat, pull the old thermo and gasket and replace them with
> the new
> 180 degree one and the new gasket, bolt the thermo cover back on,
> refill the
> radiator and run?
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
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