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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #15 on: 21 April 2012, 21:05:19 »
Quote from: tunnie on 21 April 2012, 20:54:34
Quote from: greenman on 21 April 2012, 20:42:24
Good man.Looks a lot easier than the v6

Just slight understatement, its 15 minute job unlike the crappy V6's which take half a friggin day to do!  ;D

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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #16 on: 23 April 2012, 10:10:14 »
Best antifeeze to use?
Any idea of mix when refilling?
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #17 on: 23 April 2012, 10:18:35 »
GM own is well priced on TC, always 50/50 mix with water  :y
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #18 on: 23 April 2012, 13:35:38 »
What about the stat itself? Buypartsby sufficient?
It seems to take a long time for the gauge to move on my (poxy) V6, so may need to go down this route myself.
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #19 on: 23 April 2012, 13:50:03 »
Quote from: jonny2112 on 23 April 2012, 13:35:38
What about the stat itself? Buypartsby sufficient?
It seems to take a long time for the gauge to move on my (poxy) V6, so may need to go down this route myself.






I can only speak from my own experience on this question. I followed MarksDTM's advice that my problem was a faulty 'stat and he was correct :y, but I then compounded my problems by buying a cheap 'stat from a Factors and fitting it into the original housing only to have that part repeatedly stick open ....so back to square one! :-[  So in imo, only buy a genuine GM OE stat for your V6 as they are a bloody site more involved to change than a 4 pot & you only want to be doing that job once! ;D :y
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #20 on: 23 April 2012, 18:09:35 »
Anyone got a Vx price for stat and housing?
Also BPB do a kit which includes the housing. Anyone any experience of these?
All hypothetical at this stage, but worth asking  :y
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« Reply #21 on: 23 April 2012, 18:32:27 »
Approx £45 ish,when i priced it up,but i went for thermostat only from unipart which was £9
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #22 on: 23 April 2012, 19:09:29 »
Followed this advice from Elite Pete last November.

"I've fitted quite a few of these in the past and never had a problem :y"

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-OMEGA-VECTRA-etc-V6-THERMOSTAT-HOUSING-NEW-/370148171910?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item562e8ce086#ht_1417wt_948

Got one fitted it and so far all is good. It was the thinner housing so used a washer and couple of M8 nuts as spacers. :)
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #23 on: 23 April 2012, 19:22:50 »
careful on the bolts as you remove as my friend sheared his so we had a blow torch on it with some mole grips for about 2hours trying to get the bolt out.

Looks the same as the 1.8zafira I did, 10min job
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #24 on: 23 April 2012, 19:43:41 »
Quote from: Figureman52 on 23 April 2012, 19:09:29
Followed this advice from Elite Pete last November.

"I've fitted quite a few of these in the past and never had a problem :y"

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-OMEGA-VECTRA-etc-V6-THERMOSTAT-HOUSING-NEW-/370148171910?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item562e8ce086#ht_1417wt_948

Got one fitted it and so far all is good. It was the thinner housing so used a washer and couple of M8 nuts as spacers. :)

Just realised this started out as a 2.2 query.  :-[
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #25 on: 23 April 2012, 20:02:58 »
Sorry, my fault  :-[
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Re: thermostat?
« Reply #26 on: 08 May 2016, 13:26:55 »
iv a problem with fitting my new thermostat, i cant get it in the housing, its doing my fingers in ,somebody explain how you do it,,thank you boys
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