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Coolant Smell after thermostat replacement 850 1995

posted by  HO on  Mon Nov 18 01:50 CST 2002
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I can smell the coolant around the thermostat housing area after the thermostat replacement yesterday. The smell is when the car is HOT. I had some coolant spilled during the replacement. Now, I look at the housing area, no more wet spot around the housing. However, I can smell coolant when the car is running and hot.

Could it be the housing screw not tight enough. I used new screws and worry about stripping the torx screws when tighten them. I following Bay13 instruction to make sure that thermostat bleeder hole is facing forward to the front of the car.

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thanks,

Ching-Ho Cheng
--
1995 855 NA, Bilstein Shocks, K&N Filter, E-Code Lens






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