I'm taking off some pieces from the engine bay to clean up and i'm working on the thermostat housing right now and the exhaust mani/turbo....

well i got the two pieces off for the thermo housing that connect the radiator hoses too....but i can't seem to get the actual housing off.....i unbolted the 4 12mm bolts holding it to the engine/head.....but i can't seem to get it off....it looks to be attached to a pipe of some sort that runs along the front of the head (behind the exhaust mani) all the way to the drivers side.....

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does this piece unbolt....or unscrew some how.....or do i need to take the whole pipe section that it's attached to off???



2nd question is.....whats it mean when u jack the front of the car up....and the front tire does not come off the ground????

i'm assuming....bad strut/shock???

i put the jack right behind the tire....where the sideskirt begins....jacked it about 1/2 way....and the tire has not come off the ground at all....



thanks

 

anyone?

 

What are you trying to do? Replace the thermostat?

 

it sounds like ur talking about the pipe that feeds water to the oil cooler, u should be able to get it off.

 

it should just pop off. When i changed my therm i had to kind of bang it a lil cuz of the sealant and shit. as far as your suspension, if its a stock suspension probably just has a lot of travel keep on jackin it up

 

no i'm trying to remove the thermo housing....the whole piece that the thermostat sits inside

 

The housing just sits on the pipe with a o ring. If your pulling the housing off you better get another o ring or your gonna have a coolant leak. You should just be able to give it a lil tug and it will come of..( as long as you got the bolts off the housing).