We Have Thermostat!

Well ever since the motor went in the car, it has been running without a stat, so constant flow to the radiator...the original HDI stat housing was frankly a total pisstake / took up half the engine bay, which space was IMO much better used for turbos than holding water for no reason at all!

So the engine went in with a simple homemade flange to allow the rad hose to connect to the head...which is all well and good, but obviously no stat, means serious over cooling of the coolant, and in turn, meant the thing runs at like 40deg / 60 flat out, which is far from ideal, so after re arranging the boost pipes a bit the other day, I have now fitted my external stat housing just down in the front...

The housing with stock PSA stack inside (83deg):

And in position, there is a bypass pipe thats out of view, that routes the water back to the water pump until the stat opens, allowing the engine to circulate water / warm up evenly.

In position:

Now holds its temp perfectly at 83deg, yet to drive as front end is still missing!

Thanks for reading :)