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T-Stat Q.



Foxx (in a box) wrote:
> >Has anyone pulled a t-stat that looked like this before?
> >
> >It came out of Ellen's corrado and looks, smells, and feels like 
> stinky >silly puddy. Maybe some sort of rad-fix goop, etc?
> >
> >As far as taste, I'll pass on that one.
> >
> >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pb3vr6/detail?.dir=/9b94&.dnm=7539.jpg&.src=ph 
>
> >
> >tia
> >
> >Tonee
>
>   i would hazard to guess incompatible antifreeze, though why only 
> there is beyond me. when i worked a the dealership we would have 
> people who came in a poured dexcool into their G12 antifreeze. ended 
> up looking like a pink glue stick and would gum up everything. the 
> only radiator stop leak i ever used was black but it didn't seem to 
> effect the thermostat...or the leak. perhaps slime from the reservoir 
> from sitting for a spell with too much water? sorry i can't be more help.
>
I agree with Fox, I had heard that the different antifreezes' gel, which 
then of course blocks flow, and then you would tend to blow a HG.  
Perhaps you dodged the bullet here, and this was the only casualty...

David