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DRC · 12th September 2006, 20:00

I want to add my question withoput distracting the original one. Just not to create a new thread on the same topic.
Today, I went to my friends house upon his request. He has a Palio 1.2 (2002). He had a battery of problems, and the car was not used for a week or so, when the problem cropped up.

One of them was, that the coolant tank was empty. He did not notice that. But he did notice that the car is overtly getting heated. He managed to drive home about 10 mins after this snag developped with three stops to let the engine cool down. Since then it was idle.

Today I went to his place, noticed the coolant was empty and topped it up with water. The heating problem sorted out for a minute. the temp was under control. we drove to Javali, again 5kms, and left the car for the necessary actions. Few minutes ago Javali guys called and said the thermostat plug is the culprit, the coolant is leaking from there, and it needs replacement. damage 2.6K.
Could this be such an expensive affair to replace a thermostat? can this be fixed?

12th September 2006, 20:00	#8 (permalink)
DRC BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 707	I want to add my question withoput distracting the original one. Just not to create a new thread on the same topic. Today, I went to my friends house upon his request. He has a Palio 1.2 (2002). He had a battery of problems, and the car was not used for a week or so, when the problem cropped up. One of them was, that the coolant tank was empty. He did not notice that. But he did notice that the car is overtly getting heated. He managed to drive home about 10 mins after this snag developped with three stops to let the engine cool down. Since then it was idle. Today I went to his place, noticed the coolant was empty and topped it up with water. The heating problem sorted out for a minute. the temp was under control. we drove to Javali, again 5kms, and left the car for the necessary actions. Few minutes ago Javali guys called and said the thermostat plug is the culprit, the coolant is leaking from there, and it needs replacement. damage 2.6K. Could this be such an expensive affair to replace a thermostat? can this be fixed? __________________ _____________________ Stand on your head, upside down.. The world does not look any different, but you sure will look different!