does the spring side of the thermostat go in towards the block or facing outwards in the housing?

 

(this is a 240sx btw...)

 

Haynes Manual.

 

advance didn't have any =(

no one knows?

 

There are very few haynes manuels available for the 240SX, in most cases the spring side faces towards the block.

 

that's how I put it in and it seems to be running hot.

 

Should look like this:

 

thanks eng. i had it right=]

now why does it seem to be running hot? if i turn the heat on it goes down a little, but that's a pain when i'm burning up already. maybe i'm glad the winter's coming...

 

you need to double check your coolant level, last nite when i changed my intake manifold gasket i had to drain the radiator, i filled that bitch up and squeezed all the air out if it that i could, drove the car around and it was running about 210 degrees which is about 30 degrees higher tha norm, turned the heat on and it went down, went back to the house, let it cool down and ended up putting another half a gallon of coolant in the car, filling the radiator and squeezing as much as you can its still hard as hell to get the coolant to the head, but now its running at around 160-180 again.........

 

Is it ok to run your car without a thermosat??