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Old Aug 5, 2018 | 05:50 AM
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If you had asked you could save some money at a dealership
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Old Aug 6, 2018 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by bismic
If you had asked you could save some money at a dealership
Thermostat Housing O-ring
3C3Z-8255-AA
https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts...ket-3c3z8255aa
What he said^^^

The thermostat o-ring is a one time use only type of o-ring. Once it's on there, it's on there, if you remove the thermostat, you have to replace the seal otherwise you'll get to do it again.

Ask me how I know...
 
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Old Aug 6, 2018 | 08:20 AM
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Yeah I didn't think about that ahead of time. By the time I realized it was 7pm on a saturday. My options were to buy a new thermostat or wait until the following day at 1pm for the auto store to get just the oring. And I really wanted to get it together that night. I did find the oring that I lost though, put it in a box and returned one of the thermostat's.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2018 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
What he said^^^

The thermostat o-ring is a one time use only type of o-ring. Once it's on there, it's on there, if you remove the thermostat, you have to replace the seal otherwise you'll get to do it again.

Ask me how I know...

Hmm, Never had that problem with mine and they have been on and off and back on many times.
 
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