Thermostat Tube Failure !!!!!!
06-26-2012, 12:17 PM
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Thermostat Tube Failure !!!!!!
At the track this weekend I had the thermostat open and hydraulic the front cooler supply line out of the thermostat housing. For those that don't know it is located just in front of the right rear tire. Having that joint fail will oil the tire
100 % and it did. Luckily I was in the slower corners when it popped, soft spin and no damage except for the 7 quarts of oil on the track.
Even though this happened to two other N/A cars in my area I never paid any attention to my turbo. The metal retention tab was bent completely back allowing the tube to move the 19mm out of the thermostat body. This happened on a hot day with a good amount of of warm up idling. But it was running at a fairly high RPM when the thermostat opened. I am sure that it has been failing progressively for a long time. The retainer clip is marginal at best and I will be building something that can handle the forces acting upon that cooler feed line.
Until that permanent fix, longer warm ups at idle.
CHECK YOURS TO MAKE SURE ALL IS IN PLACE.
Rick
100 % and it did. Luckily I was in the slower corners when it popped, soft spin and no damage except for the 7 quarts of oil on the track.
Even though this happened to two other N/A cars in my area I never paid any attention to my turbo. The metal retention tab was bent completely back allowing the tube to move the 19mm out of the thermostat body. This happened on a hot day with a good amount of of warm up idling. But it was running at a fairly high RPM when the thermostat opened. I am sure that it has been failing progressively for a long time. The retainer clip is marginal at best and I will be building something that can handle the forces acting upon that cooler feed line.
Until that permanent fix, longer warm ups at idle.
CHECK YOURS TO MAKE SURE ALL IS IN PLACE.
Rick
