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Looks like its at the top of the thermostat housing. Is there an O ring or some kind of gasket that can be replaced under that cap?

 

There is a gasket under there. The cap is only a few bucks and comes with gasket.
Your t-stat housing looks a little worse for ware too.

 

Fixed for $24 includeing jag coolant.

Now on to the oil leak.

Thanks.

 

Check out our metal housings in the Motorcars field at the bottom of the forums list.

 

Ken are they the aluminum housings? I have heard of them, but never seen one on a car yet. Do they work well? I may be interested for wifes car.

 

Any more info on the aluminum T-stat housings??? Do they work well?

 

Yes:
The aluminum Tstst housing looks as if the part was made from a mold of the original plastic. (might be!)

BTW How do the pros r/r this part. I made two wrenches out of cheap open end box wrenches - crowsfoot arrangement plus ground off edges and sides. Took about 10 hrs, or a little longer because I took it slow. Iknow the manual says to r/r the intake manifold but I did not have any gaskets and did not want to wait to get some.

 

I have the same exact leak, not as bad though as i can see/ i will be upgrading to the aluminum housing and different t-stat from eurotoys ( http://eurotoysltd.com/catalog/produ...oducts_id=1173 )

does anyone have any experience with this different tstat from eurotoys? if not i will most likely go OEM