Thermostat Replacement

[TechnoTurkey]

It there an easy way to remove the thermostat, I'm just doing mine and cant work out the best way to get to the bolts.

Thanks

[wonkanoby]

got at mine from below with front on ramps

did not do it myself but seen others say you can undo a bolt above

that holds dipstick tube to get more room

[MountainGoat]

Ady (Northern Bongolow) and Waycar8 changed my themostat and put fresh coolant in my Bongo when it was on the ground at Silverdale last year. Don't know how they did it, you had better wait until they comes on line and tell you.

Tony

[waycar8]

you can get at it from the top or underneath, but the top tip is undo the bolts that hold the oil dipstick in place so you can move it to one side.

Also a bit of emery paper to clean the housing before you put the stat in and housing back together

[waycar8]

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... ts#p143690

some pics on how to do it thanks to our russian friend Demonav

[TechnoTurkey]

I had a go and got it sorted in the end thanks to a bit of perseverance.

I removed the engine shield and accessed the bolts from the underside using a couple of extensions on a ratchet. Mine is a 4wd and I did both bolts by feeding the extension bar through the gap to the passenger side of the drive shaft. I didn't use ramps, just crawled underneath, it was a little tight!

The picture below shows what it looks like before you do anything, for those who don't know this is under the passenger seat. I have highlighted the bolt that you remove to enable the dipstick tube to be moved out of the way. You also need to remove the large pipe that goes to the turbo:



Once all this is out of the way, you can see the two bolts which I removed from underneath:



It was then easy enough to remove the thermostat and replace it with the new (genuine) one.

I flushed the coolant, which all came out pleasingly clear and have replaced with Car Plan Premium Red. I have started to bleed but ran out of time and didn't really have enough hands - I'll finish this next weekend (the vehicle won't be driven until after this is complete).

I realise that some of the above pics duplicate those on the links above, but had already done them before I revisited this thread and didn't want to waste them!

[Optimist]

Just done mine and it was a pain. I coudn't find any way to do it from above although peeps on here say you can.You need to remove the engine "shield" first and then you can access the stat from underneath with a socket set with a couple of extensions on it. You have to wiggle it between the driveshaft on a 4 wd (mine is). Also, as said, you need to undo the bolt on the dipstick tube (and break the plastic bit like I did!)
Good luck