Levi Smith wrote:
Weird, I must have been lucky. Mine were no problem at all and I definitely
used more than finger pressure to tighten them...
I suspect mine were corroded down to little necks or something.
Weird, I must have been lucky. Mine were no problem at all and I definitely
used more than finger pressure to tighten them...
Levi
On 10/20/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Levi Smith wrote:
Just didn't feel like changing it?
Changing the thermostat on an OM617 can quickly turn
Levi Smith wrote:
Just didn't feel like changing it?
Changing the thermostat on an OM617 can quickly turn into a cuss-worthy
job if those dinky little housing bolts snap off. BTDT. They're very
soft. One twisted off with little more than finger pressure.
That is the issue in this case. I had heat this morning. I did not the
other day. I don't think thermostats are intermittent. They work or
they don't. Also, I doubt I have an air bubble because I have not
flushed and filled this car since I got it - almost a year now.
Intermittent behavior
Thermostats can be somewhat intermittent. The one that came in my 83' 300D
*kinda* worked. It didn't keep the car up to the temp it should be, but put
it in a pot of water and it sure looked like it was working correctly. But
then further looking revealed that it was not quite closing as fully
I drove the carpool one entire frigid winter with a broken thermostat in the
83 300TD. There was nothing intermittent about the complete LACK of heat
that my riders and I had to endure...
On 10/18/06, Levi Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thermostats can be somewhat intermittent. The one
Just didn't feel like changing it?
Mine warmed up, but never as fully as it should have been, It would also
noticeabley drop in temperature at times.
On 10/18/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I drove the carpool one entire frigid winter with a broken thermostat in
the
83 300TD.
Andrew and Lee wrote:
andrew strasfogel wrote:
No heat may also mean a broken thermostat.
It could also mean that the last time he drained and filled the radiator
he got an air bubble in the heater core and it needs to be burped.
That is the issue in this case. I had heat this
