Brad, there are two gaskets, the top one (horizontal) that is the thermostat gasket itself, napa will have one they can find (fairly generic). the other is where the housing mounts to the block, it's an o-ring. It would only be preventative maint. to replace it. I've done 25 or 30 timing belts and only seen one leave; if it's a high mile car or older I might look at replacing it.
Okay, I'm off to go sailing for 10 days in BVI. If I get taken by pirates, first one to my house gets the yellow turbo! Ross -------------------------------------------------- From: "Brad Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 4:17 PM To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CAS O-ring and Fuel Injector Insulator > Glad you mentioned that. The original o-ring is still in place. I presumed > I would use a standard t-stat gasket for that. Not a good idea? Leave it > there and add some permatex? Find the correct o-ring? > > Thanks! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> ....not true with the o-ring where the thermostat housing bolts to the >> block, that one is unusually skinny and fatter generics will crack the >> housing as you attempt to tighten it down (yes, did one a few years ago, >> and saw someone else do it) >> >> > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
