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Originally Posted by Bdc101
Always nice to see someone taking proper care of an X, thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Bdc101. Trying to fix it up for super daily driving duties. Plus long trip road worthy too. It's hard to catch up on 150k mile maintenance. About 95% of parts are OEM. I'm a third or fourth owner. Here are a few more maintenance pics from today.
The shroud has some self inflicted damage. The lower clips were not in place. The shroud hit the A/C and tensioner at high speeds. A new thermostat was installed. The Motorad thermostat looks fairly new. It failed open or stuck open according to codes. A Mahle thermostat is now installed. After bleeding air out, I let it cool for an hour. I then went for a short drive. Within two miles, it was at normal operating temp. The needle was straight up and down. The older thermostat would not let it warm up properly. The hoses are replacements. As preventative maintenance, the o rings were replaced. An o ring kit has all the o rings necessary to replace them. One thing not noted on replacement info, there is an ear the big bolt goes through. I fought the thermostat for several minutes. It was not until I looked under vanos assembly that I saw the bolt hole ear.