Thermostat Housing Question --
07-26-2015, 09:47 PM
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Thermostat Housing Question --
2004 coupe with 45K miles.
I'm changing my water pump (I had to pull the steering rack to get it resealed, and previously had been smelling coolant I could not attribute to the reservoir, so I'm changing the pump while I'm in there -- the pump may not be the source, but for $94 the pump will be eliminated as a coolant smell source).
Being a 2004, I have what I believe is the LS2 pump. The replacement is an OE pump. I'm also replacing the thermostat, which has the same square cross-section rubber gasket around its edge as the outgoing thermostat. The new thermostat and old housing bolted to the new water pump exactly as I would have expected.
The instructions with the pump show two alternatives, a thermostat housing with a gasket, and a housing with an o-ring. The original pump on my '04 had neither. The instructions don't cover the "no additional seal" option.
I am guessing that the gasket and o-ring that came with the OE replacement pump are not used in my LS-2-type application, but wanted to confirm that before I put the car back together.
Thanks!
I'm changing my water pump (I had to pull the steering rack to get it resealed, and previously had been smelling coolant I could not attribute to the reservoir, so I'm changing the pump while I'm in there -- the pump may not be the source, but for $94 the pump will be eliminated as a coolant smell source).
Being a 2004, I have what I believe is the LS2 pump. The replacement is an OE pump. I'm also replacing the thermostat, which has the same square cross-section rubber gasket around its edge as the outgoing thermostat. The new thermostat and old housing bolted to the new water pump exactly as I would have expected.
The instructions with the pump show two alternatives, a thermostat housing with a gasket, and a housing with an o-ring. The original pump on my '04 had neither. The instructions don't cover the "no additional seal" option.
I am guessing that the gasket and o-ring that came with the OE replacement pump are not used in my LS-2-type application, but wanted to confirm that before I put the car back together.
Thanks!
07-28-2015, 01:25 AM
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2004 coupe with 45K miles.
I'm changing my water pump (I had to pull the steering rack to get it resealed, and previously had been smelling coolant I could not attribute to the reservoir, so I'm changing the pump while I'm in there -- the pump may not be the source, but for $94 the pump will be eliminated as a coolant smell source).
Being a 2004, I have what I believe is the LS2 pump. The replacement is an OE pump. I'm also replacing the thermostat, which has the same square cross-section rubber gasket around its edge as the outgoing thermostat. The new thermostat and old housing bolted to the new water pump exactly as I would have expected.
The instructions with the pump show two alternatives, a thermostat housing with a gasket, and a housing with an o-ring. The original pump on my '04 had neither. The instructions don't cover the "no additional seal" option.
I am guessing that the gasket and o-ring that came with the OE replacement pump are not used in my LS-2-type application, but wanted to confirm that before I put the car back together.
Thanks!
I'm changing my water pump (I had to pull the steering rack to get it resealed, and previously had been smelling coolant I could not attribute to the reservoir, so I'm changing the pump while I'm in there -- the pump may not be the source, but for $94 the pump will be eliminated as a coolant smell source).
Being a 2004, I have what I believe is the LS2 pump. The replacement is an OE pump. I'm also replacing the thermostat, which has the same square cross-section rubber gasket around its edge as the outgoing thermostat. The new thermostat and old housing bolted to the new water pump exactly as I would have expected.
The instructions with the pump show two alternatives, a thermostat housing with a gasket, and a housing with an o-ring. The original pump on my '04 had neither. The instructions don't cover the "no additional seal" option.
I am guessing that the gasket and o-ring that came with the OE replacement pump are not used in my LS-2-type application, but wanted to confirm that before I put the car back together.
Thanks!
07-29-2015, 02:10 PM
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