Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 93 1.5 Thermostat Housing

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Mon 27 Apr 2009 02:07
93 1.5 Thermostat Housing - crazylegs
Wondered if you guys could help

Replaced a water pipe on my Corsa 1.5TD the one directly under the thermostat housing, pipe has a bend in it so went to main dealer to get the part and fitted it myself, problem was couldn't remove the pipe unless I removed the thermostat housing itself, I tested the thermostat in some boiling hot water and all was ok. but not before I had ordered a new thermostat because I thought it was this that as at fault..

Anyway I replaced thermostat housing but noticed the gasket was a different size and didn't fit the housing properly so put it back with plenty of jointing compound but wondered if it would do the job and wouldn't leak, as the original seal on the housing had loads of rubber compound on it..
Well after putting it on and doing the best I could, started the car and you guessed it, water leaking from it. Restripped it back off and the housing had a crack in it obviously where the water was coming from..

The crack had appeared because it was under stress from the bolt that had done the housing up and the gasket had created a gap..

Weird thing is when I ordered a new Thermostat it was a completely different size to the one in the housing and would no way fit inside it..Am I right in thinking someone years before bodged it and put a different thermostat housing on the car, so now I don't know whether there are two different types of thermostat housing which fit this particular model Corsa diesel 1.5TD LS L reg

Can anyone enlighten me..
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Tue 28 Apr 2009 10:08
93 1.5 Thermostat Housing - sierraman
Why go and ask your friendly Vauxhall parts man? He can get the relevant diagram up on the computer and see if there were different stat housings.You will need to go there for a new one anyway,unless you are going to the scrapyard.
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Tue 28 Apr 2009 17:30
93 1.5 Thermostat Housing - crazylegs
Scrapyard I'm afraid or source the part over the internet, but you saying that! When I bought the pipe from the main dealer his printout from the computer wasn't very detailed at all and for a while there he wasn't even sure he had the right piece of pipe..

Thats why I'm asking on here..

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