T-Stat Housing Crack

[swaggerwagon]

Any of you guys ran into this issue? I was pissing coolant all over the place yesterday and was able to pinpoint it to what looks like a crack in the T-Stat housing. Had the same issue last year with a Ford. T-Stat has 70k miles on it.

[drmonkey]

Well the thermostat is a solid piece with the plastic housing that the hoses attach to. They're pretty easy to replace.

[swaggerwagon]

I have the part on hand. Just need to carve out time to do it.

[Theiceman]

wow never see one actually crack .. but to be honest they are terribly unreliable and usually get replaced long before the plastic starts to fatigue. So I would say you had a pretty good run.

now the coolant manifold is a different matter . that thing usually just crumbles and starts pissing all over your gear box.

[menace1930]

Pretty common. Mine did the same thing last winter.