O Bife
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What would be the symptoms one a 2.5 DSE if the thermostat was on the blink?
In my case it is over heating! Could it still be the thermostat?
I think my thermostat is fecked as well. The temp gauge on my P38 DSE hardly goes past the blue. A way to test is to take the thermostat out to see if it has closed fully then bung it a pot of boiling water to see if it opens fully. Not done mine yet of course
Can I remove the thermostat without replacing it? (Everywhere is closed now until Friday)
By that I mean will I be able to refit the pipe to the block without a thermostat in place, or does the thermostat need to be in place for the joining/fitting of the pipe to the block?
Yes it can be removed without a problem..
Yes most definitely, waxstats very rarely if ever fail open.
Mine did fail open
Yep, it's a common dodge on diesels with a suspect cooling system.And I can put it back together without a thermostat in place?
I don't know if its the same on the Diesel as the Petrol but check the breather pipe from the top of the rad to the overflow is flowing, quick check showed to me by mechanic is it will be hot at both ends if its flowing, if not that could be blocked airlocking the rad, quicker than taking the stat off and having to replace all the coolant.
Then the spring must have failed or the piston snagged. Natural position for a stat is shut. This is done by spring pressure. The only way it can open is if the wax is heated and expands that is how they work. If the wax is lost (usual fail) then they cannot open.
On mine last night the hose coming from the block to the rad was hissing at it's join to the block, but it was not at all hot in it's middle and all the way from there to the rad itself. Also it was "soft" or easy to squeeze, no pressure at all.
On the other end, by that I mean the plastic top-up tank, as I released it slightly, it started bubbling away and water (HOT) started pouring out of the overflow pipe.
Also, there was no hot air coming into the cab although I had the heater set at 25ºC.
+1a thermostat stuck shut should not stop flow through heater. You maybe need to check for flow maybe the water pump has given up the ghost. Was rad hot all over top and bottom?
A thermostat stuck shut should not stop flow through heater. You maybe need to check for flow maybe the water pump has given up the ghost. Was rad hot all over top and bottom?
The water pump is ok.
As for a stuck thermo stuck shut not stopping the cab heating, doesn't the cab heating system work off the warm/hot water from the engine?
If so, if there is no flow (due to the knackered thermo), wont that mean no cab heater?
As for the rad, cool on top. I didn't check the bottom. As I said before, the hose coming from the block to the rad (just under the ERG) was just warmish to the touch and it didn't have any pressure. When I say just warm I mean it was luke warm compared to the top up tank which I couldn't touch for long due to it being RUDDY hot.
I've had two fail 'by' over cooling one on a P38 and one on a 90; didn't work out why they failed but opening far more than they should at a give temperature was the problem, fixed by a new 'stat in both cases (with the same temp spec)Then the spring must have failed or the piston snagged. Natural position for a stat is shut. This is done by spring pressure. The only way it can open is if the wax is heated and expands that is how they work. If the wax is lost (usual fail) then they cannot open.
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