cold motor

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Hey guys, in the post for water in the oil I was not getting temp in the motor and it was putting condensation in the motor/oil. I found that I was having trouble with water bypassing the thermostat. I got it fixed. I found that the Seloc book tells you too put the gasket down on the engine/intake side and then install the thermostat and palce the housing over it. I talked to Spareparts and he was telling me that there's a rubber washer that fits around the thermostat and you fit it up in the thermostat housing.

I tried that and the thermostat wouldn't open because it was sitting up in the housing and the water from the intake wouldn't couldn't reach the bottom of the sensor. I understand that this is how most of them work but under my thermostat gasket I had a recessed ring that the thermostat sits in and the gasket goes over it to the housing. I placed it in there this way and now my thermostat works great and I get temperature in the motor.

AS I SAID they way Spare told me to do it is correct but for some reason mine had a recess in the intake housing and that's how mine works.

SPARE is still the man but mine is just different.

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