American know how.

[ozscott]

Thermostat needs to be as close to motor as possible. D1 had fitting in front and top of motor. Need small bleed hole in stat flange for sensing also. Cheers

[ozscott]

Ok with just water for testing 81-82 around Brisbane today and genuine LR viscous unit in so no crazy fan noises ! I think we might be on a winner to keep engine and cooling system happy finally. Cheers

[ozscott]

OK so it has settled at 82_85 on a 26 degree day in traffic and 85 on the highway at 100-110 in the same outside temp. I am Much more comfortable with that than the stock temps. This mod allows better highway temps too than compared to the cooler 3 way LR stat I put in... Which makes sense because at its best the 3 way blends 10 per cent hot block coolant back into the block with the 90 per cent cooler water from the rad... Cheers

[Mumfy1973]

I completed the inline stat a couple of days ago and I am very pleased with the result. I did the mod the same as Chubbs878 except for the top part.



I used a 180c thermostat I ordered from from the USA but unfortunately it didn't work. No idea why other than it was a fancy super flow one. So I bought a Tridon 180c for $14 from Supacheap and that did the trick. My temps now are around 85c driving around town.

The advantages of this mod are:

1) temps are significantly lower but not too low (hasn't gone below 81c)
2) you can change the thermostat in under 2 minutes with minimal to no loss of coolant
3) thermostat is cheap to replace and can be found anywhere

So far no disadvantages

Cheers

Where did the housing come from

[ozscott]

Overseas for mine. Not cheap buy hey cheaper than an LR stat by a long way and cheaper than a motor...

Cheers

[Battler]

I got mine from JEGS in the USA.

[clubagreenie]

I hope you mean 180f not c

[Battler]

Yep, should be 180f and not 180c.

Thanks for pointing it out.

Cheers

[ozscott]

Going to put in the low water Engine Saver tomorrow. Got a bit of 35mm brass pipe brazed up with end barbs and tapered threaded fitting to host the nylon nut and stainless bolt. All painted black so should blend I well. I will probably leave the Freelander top hose on as it works well enough I think. Will flush it all and put in (super) long life Nulon green HOAT and will post some photos and report back. Cheers

[ozscott]

OK originally had just thermostat and couldn't get air out. So this is the second version. Very happy with it. Bleeds air out and thermo still responds quickly. Cruising around today 85 highway and around city. Cheers 20161023_121950.jpg20161023_121928.jpg20161023_121855.jpgAttachment 1