WH1_T-Type
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- Jun 1, 2009
So I knew what I was doing going into putting in a 160degree thermostat, but that was because I have done lots of little jobs like that before. In reading my searches for anything I should look out for I noticed a lot of questions about where things were located. So when I went out to do it, I figured I would take some pictures as I went along for future reference!
So here we are.
Pop the hood!
Take off the up pipe and the MAF/Turbo pipe
Here is the hose that runs from the top of your radiator to the water neck and thermostat.
(in the above picture, directly over the hose, you can see the electrical plug for the IAC. I removed that to get to things better as well. In the below picture you can see the unplugged unit)
Remove the hose and here is the neck that needs to come out. If you plan on replacing it anyways, which is a good idea and what I did, go ahead and take the hose off and grab it with something and pull it out. you will probably ruin it this way. So if you are trying to reuse it, leave the hose on and use the hose as leverage on it to work it out.
Easiest way to move forward is to take the hose that goes from the waterpump to the block off
to get the housing out you will have to take this bolt out. Now is when you either put the radiator hose back on to get the housing out or you just grab it with pliers and pull.
here's the old housing
beneath is the thermostat
I decided to replace the neck and got one from Autozone. It is CAST IRON so is way stronger then stock and was only 8 bucks and they had it in stock!
So here we are.
Pop the hood!
Take off the up pipe and the MAF/Turbo pipe
Here is the hose that runs from the top of your radiator to the water neck and thermostat.
(in the above picture, directly over the hose, you can see the electrical plug for the IAC. I removed that to get to things better as well. In the below picture you can see the unplugged unit)
Remove the hose and here is the neck that needs to come out. If you plan on replacing it anyways, which is a good idea and what I did, go ahead and take the hose off and grab it with something and pull it out. you will probably ruin it this way. So if you are trying to reuse it, leave the hose on and use the hose as leverage on it to work it out.
Easiest way to move forward is to take the hose that goes from the waterpump to the block off
to get the housing out you will have to take this bolt out. Now is when you either put the radiator hose back on to get the housing out or you just grab it with pliers and pull.
here's the old housing
beneath is the thermostat
I decided to replace the neck and got one from Autozone. It is CAST IRON so is way stronger then stock and was only 8 bucks and they had it in stock!