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Originally Posted by clarkey1984

Not today but yesterday evening, first off i replaced the thermostat, it had 2002 on it and was a Volvo one so I assume it was the original, a simple job right? Wrong.

The new one was the same, apart from it had a round slotted o ring that was about 6mm tall, whereas the original had a flat / square sided one (also slotted) which was under 3mm high, never going to work, so I carefully removed the one from the old stat, which fell into three pieces, no other options available to me though so I stuck a thin bead of red instant gasket around the outside of the stat, pushed the o ring back into position, put a bead round the top and bottom of the housing and did everything up, amazingly no leaks.

Lol. Oh, the joy of home mechanics...... Glad you got it sorted at least