Anyone got pictures and/or experience of Xantia Thermostat?

Nekkid · Post by **Nekkid** » 01 Dec 2010, 17:54

Hi!
My 1997 1.8i Xantia is running cold. As it was -22 degrees when I got up this morning, that's a very bad thing!
Anyway, I think it's time to change the thermostat. As the tiltle suggests, anyone ahve a picture of where the thermostat is located on the engine, or any advice about changing it?
Thanks ever so much!
Charley

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 01 Dec 2010, 18:47

The thermostat sits inside a removable plastic domed housing on the main
feed pipe running onto the cylinderhead at the gearbox end. You'll see it easily
enough as it's between the rad and the engine and there will be a car tyre
valve cap screwed onto a bleed outlet on it's crown. This thermostat housing
is held with just x2 10mm bolts whick comfortably pulls off the O-ring seal
showing the thermostat inside the feed.

Make a note of the orientation of the existing thermostat as there is a direction
to them and your current fitment may even be incorrectly fitted or the wrong
type!

Andrew

VertVega · Post by **VertVega** » 01 Dec 2010, 18:52

I have pic of from a MK2 Xantia.
andmcit, are they similar?
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Edit: Now, I know that they look similar, different design

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 01 Dec 2010, 18:55

I'm going by a mk1 even on a 97 although this is the crossover isn't it!?

Another query would be the differences between the 8v and the 16v.
I'm going by the set up which is the same as the 2.0i I know well!

Andrew

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 01 Dec 2010, 18:59

No difference in design between mk1 and mk2 8v and this is Mk2 16:

Andrew

Nekkid · Post by **Nekkid** » 02 Dec 2010, 16:57

Firstly, thanks for the help!

andmcit wrote: just x2 10mm bolts whick comfortably pulls off the O-ring seal
showing the thermostat inside the feed.

Actually, it's 2 bolts and one nut, which I didn't see till I'd prised the housing loose and snapped off the bottom corner of the flange (where the nut sits). Whoops!! I put a larger washer under the nut so it holds the flange in place and it does't seem to leak!

Temperature comes up nicely to about 80 degrees now, so nice and toasty on those freezing mornings.

The new thermostat cost me 150 Kronor, which is about 14 quid, so not too expensive either.

Thanks again for the help everyone.

Charley

joyfulnosaj · Post by **joyfulnosaj** » 03 Dec 2010, 20:47

andmcit

any chance you have diagram for the thermostat asssembly for Disptach 2.0 HDI 2002 or therabouts

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 03 Dec 2010, 21:42

DISPATCH I & II PANELLED VAN - LONG TYPE 900 2.0 HDi (DW10BTED+)

Any use to you?

Andrew

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 03 Dec 2010, 21:50

Nekkid wrote:Actually, it's 2 bolts and one nut, which I didn't see till I'd prised the housing loose and snapped off the bottom corner of the flange (where the nut sits). Whoops!! I put a larger washer under the nut so it holds the flange in place and it does't seem to leak!

Hi Charley,

whoops indeed. Apologies if I misled you with the number of bolts fastening it!
I've only seen these with x2 bolts and do believe the housing is one too few
to triangulate the fastening and it's foces which appears to have been rectified
on the later cars. Least it appears to be holding but it needs to be watched
as the sudden failure may lose coolant with bad consequences to the engine.
These thermostat housings aren't hideously expensive - the one pictured is
showing up as:

00001336J4 WATER OUTLET 10.69 GBP 12.56 GBP 12.56 GBP

modest money for what it does!!

Andrew