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EF: I hope to put it back together in the morning, and also hope to get a few photo's of it at the same time.
DOC: The thermostat has been removed, but only because i needed to to get the head done. I wouldn't think of taking it off to solve cooling problems, I've heard only bad things about doing this.
I had a couple of mechanics look at it (one of them a close freind ie- not trying to give a bum steer) and all agreed that it was rooted. There was an actual leek at the back of the block, that they reckon was probably caused by the head bolts streching over time. None of the bolts were broken, which i hear is usually the problem, but i noticed when i was getting them off that some were f@#king tight and others not so. This in itself would cause problems.
Even though the car is only four years old it does have 160K on the clock so a general clean up was required anyhow. There was alot of carbon build-up around the rim of the cylinders.
Thanks for the info
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