Awe that’s awesome ☺️ so glad I could help! Have you got it done?

Yeah that’s great advice mate! And you’ll be surprised how cheap the whole unit is from main dealers 👌🏻

That’s perfect mate! A happy Mrs is the key to a happy life, your welcome 🤣🤣🤣

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching

Awe perfect glad I could help

How did you get on with doing it yourself? Just bought the new housing but unsure if I should get a mobile mechanic to come do it for an hour's labour?

Hey sorry I missed this if you still need to know I’m pretty sure it’s a Allan key

Yes! There should be an o ring on there if I remember correctly. The pipe sort of sticks out and slides in to the thermostat very slightly. There should be an o ring in the end of that that buts up to the thermostat housing

@@EllsAutoCare Thanks 👍

You’ll probably be fine mate

I just used a touch of red rubber grease on the seal

Lpl

Any local factors should be able to get you one. But! I think you’ll be surprised by how cheap they can be at the main dealers. I got one recently for 60 odd pound

Leave the engine run up to temperature with the cap off. The coolant levels will drop when the thermostat opens top it up and leave it run till the blowers blow hot. Take it for a drive then test the coolant again if it’s fine you have nailed it

Brilliant thanks so much. Literally about to do the job now!@@EllsAutoCare

@@SaifcarKZfaq I don’t know where you are. But the weather here definitely isn’t Sunday morning car working weather 🤣

Awe thanks man! Good on you for doing the work mate 💪🏼 I use Castrol but Lucas is good to

Thanx

Ones a coolant temp sensor and ones actually an electrically controlled thermostat

It’s a thermostat housing breather hose. There is different options so make sure you order the correct one

Yeah you do have to bleed it. Leave it run for about half hour either the cap off and topping up when needed

Yeah there is, you just mentioned it

Yeah very common to get brittle and snap

​@@EllsAutoCare I've just replaced my housing and that pipe snapped at the end the goes into the housing

@@bobsbits8562 that’s common, you can buy them cheap enough off eBay

Awe no! That sounds a right pain! Yeah those hoses do get soft

@@EllsAutoCare you seem to know what youre doing I've got a astra h 1.3cdti and have recently had the spanner light come up on the dash think the fault code is 0115 and refers to coolant temperature being to low it does seem to take a long time to get water temps up to 60c like 20 mins or more. does that sound like a thermostat fault?

@@si4632 could be a coolant temp sensor, with out doing checks I can’t confirm that… but that’s the first place I’d look

also the blower doesnt seem to get very hot warm but not hot but theyre the only symptoms

@@si4632 have you got coolant?

What feed pipe do you mean? The small plastic one on top that goes to the throttle body or the metal one he took off, below the thermostat? The small pipe that he said gets brittle is found cheap on ebay. The metal pipe has an o-ring. Once again you can find that o-ring in a Oil cooler gasket kit on ebay. There are a bunch of o-rings in the pack so just match the old one to find the new one. If you're going to muck around with that coolant pipe it pulls out of the oil cooler as it has another o-ring on the end into the oil cooler. Use a small amount of rubber grease to slide it back in. There should be loads of videos about the oil cooler replacement and those pipes.

Yeah Stephen is right you can get the brittle pipe off eBay cheap enough… But the metal pipe down the front (on his one at least. Had a sort of flange that helped them mate and didn’t have a seal. Buttt! It very common on these for the head surfice to erode and create a bad mating surfice, for that I don’t really know what the cheapest repair would be. the best repair would be to have the head repaired or replaced

Yeah, I didn't go want to go into great detail. The metal pipes from thermostat housing to water pump and multiple through the oil cooler should all have o-rings or rubber seals. Definitely rubber seal around the flange you mentioned and care needs to be taken when refitting as to not deform it.

Hi what is the pipe which you said was brittle called on eBay as I need a new one thanks

@@mariaadams3555 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133846415266?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=LU70wwLXRZ-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=jau-Cx8ESfW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

For the 1.6 I believe yes

I had this once with an unknown branded part I tightened those bolts and it was fine after… Iv never had that issue with the quality stuff tho… try tightening them and see what happens

@@EllsAutoCare It's a genuine part, I had it put on 6 months ago... Thanks, I'm optimistic that might fix it... thanks for the video, it's really good. You are a natural.

@@gregwestwood5160 well hopefully it’s that, with it being genuine I’d expect better quality but this industry always amazes me 🤣 awe thank you so much 🙏🏻 that actually really means a lot so I really appreciate it thank you

@@EllsAutoCare I got it sorted out with my service. The same guy who fitted it, he just resealed it. Next time I'm doing it myself, life is busy, if I'd watched your video I could have just fixed it myself. Cost me £180 for a part you can easily get at yourself.

@@gregwestwood5160 yeah it’s not a terrible job! You can do it next time 👌🏻

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224243463521?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=HQCEmehUQa2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=jau-Cx8ESfW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Thank you soooooo much I’ve been trying to find it for 5 hours now lol. I have one more part I’m not sure if you can help it’s the metal pipe that’s connected on the thermostat housing at the bottom. I’m subscribing now

@@dini9190 that’s an oil cooler pipe. They aren’t very common to be honest…. Just had a quick look and can’t see any tidy ones on eBay….. main dealer or second hand will be your best bet

@@EllsAutoCare could you send me the link to them on eBay can’t see any on there 👀

@@dini9190 www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004041891442.html

I’m not sure off the top of my head mate… maybe 4L with a water 50/50 mix

Did you bleed the coolant system?

yes, i did. from the pipes itself at the thermostat junction. was I supposed to drain it all ? its still giving the same problem , after driving the coolant goes low and when u open the lid, it open like a shaken coke bottle lolz help please@@EllsAutoCare

​@kashifkhan608 after you finished the repair, when you refilled the system with coolant, did you run it for 10 mins with the tank cap off, heaters on and top up as necessary to get all the air out of the system? Or did you just refill the system and drive it as normal?

@@MattLockhart81 no bleed it first mate

@@EllsAutoCare I was asking the poster of the comment what they did. Sounds like they haven't bled it before driving.

If you go to your local dealership or motor Factors they will tell you which on you need.

@EllsAutoCare thank you :) also can you tell me the price range it costs?

This whole unit came with a thermostat yes. You can by them separately tho if you just need that

It’s better to buy the whole housing with the thermostat.

Yeah it did mate

An hour and a half mate

@@EllsAutoCare Thanks, got one to do on my Zaffira B but no videos out there for that but this one looks exactly the same.

Awe no and they sold you both? That seams cheeky. Maybe they just didn’t know

​@@EllsAutoCare Tbh mate I don't blame the counter clerks at ecp, they have no clue what they sell. Fingers crossed my 1.8 ecotec is purring now, though I'm waiting for the oil cooler seals to fail soon, seems to be another weak point on these GM motors

@@MylesHSG yeah you have a point to be fair. They all have common issues, just keep an eye on it because the worst it get the more expensive it is to fix

Yeah your not wrong

Knob Ed comment..go watch something else then.

Video is fine.....Taking into account nobody has to make a Video for you 😂 ...unless your paying. Which your not.