DIY: T-stat replacement W203 video (Spanish)
12-30-2010 | 12:41 PM
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C230K Sport Sedan '03
DIY: T-stat replacement W203 video (Spanish)
Hi all,
I am about to change the thermostat on my C230 Sports Sedan and found this great video (although in Spanish) covers the process with great care and detail (in only 10 minutes).
I am planning on doing this work next week - have ordered my parts from "mymercedesparts.com" (they were very helpful).
I will also post photos of my work! OK here's the video, let me know what you think!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyobl5jBCI0
Elio
I am about to change the thermostat on my C230 Sports Sedan and found this great video (although in Spanish) covers the process with great care and detail (in only 10 minutes).
I am planning on doing this work next week - have ordered my parts from "mymercedesparts.com" (they were very helpful).
I will also post photos of my work! OK here's the video, let me know what you think!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyobl5jBCI0
Elio
12-30-2010 | 06:19 PM
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From: Los Angeles
05 C230 Kompressor
I also had a thread about this too (english).
Should be a no brainer.
Originally Posted by seagel1000 View Post
***This is just my personal walkthrough, shouldnt be taken as professional advice or way of repair***
After a bit of frustration, i found it lol
Just follow the upper radiator hose(towards the engine block) to get to the housing. Remove the two screws and the wire clamp with a flat screw driver. After getting those 3 things off, this is where most of the labor comes in, pull out (while wiggling the plastic thermostat housing up and down left and right), the plastic housing will come right off and you will have your thermostat showing. Install new THERMOSTAT (take note of which direction the little PIN is *mines was pointing upwards). To re-install, reverse the above steps. You're finished.
I only used a 8mm click thingy wrench/ratchet to remove the two longs bolts on the housing and the top little cover to get better access. That's all i needed. Everything cost me 28 dollars with tax doing it on your own. Time was 35 minutes (first time doing this, 2nd time should be no more than 10-15 mins with everything). You can find the drain screw plug at the bottom right side (looking at the vehicle from the front), Unscrew it slightly then pull it out to drain, you have to remove the body under side (six 8mm bolts ).
Just a FYI for you DIYourselfers!
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2...ictures001.jpg
Should be a no brainer.
Originally Posted by seagel1000 View Post
***This is just my personal walkthrough, shouldnt be taken as professional advice or way of repair***
After a bit of frustration, i found it lol
Just follow the upper radiator hose(towards the engine block) to get to the housing. Remove the two screws and the wire clamp with a flat screw driver. After getting those 3 things off, this is where most of the labor comes in, pull out (while wiggling the plastic thermostat housing up and down left and right), the plastic housing will come right off and you will have your thermostat showing. Install new THERMOSTAT (take note of which direction the little PIN is *mines was pointing upwards). To re-install, reverse the above steps. You're finished.
I only used a 8mm click thingy wrench/ratchet to remove the two longs bolts on the housing and the top little cover to get better access. That's all i needed. Everything cost me 28 dollars with tax doing it on your own. Time was 35 minutes (first time doing this, 2nd time should be no more than 10-15 mins with everything). You can find the drain screw plug at the bottom right side (looking at the vehicle from the front), Unscrew it slightly then pull it out to drain, you have to remove the body under side (six 8mm bolts ).
Just a FYI for you DIYourselfers!
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2...ictures001.jpg
Last edited by seagel1000; 12-30-2010 at 06:24 PM.
