Matt Ion <soundy@moltenimage.com> wrote in
news:YYfAg.306315$iF6.53448@pd7tw2no:

> TeGGeR® wrote:
>> nospam <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
>> news:44D14EFF.5EE5573D@nospam.com:
>>
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>>>The pipe doesn't seem to go to the thermostat housing, it looks like
>>>it connects to the lower radiator hose. How is the o-ring held in,
>>>it looks like the bolt that holds the pipe in place is the only
>>>clamp? I looked at an exploded view on a honda parts site.
>>
>>
>>
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>> You are not checking carefully enough. The lower rad hose terminates
>> at the thermostat housing.
>
> It does? UPPER rad hose goes directly to the 'stat housing on my 3gee
> Accord...
>


Check again. Follow the lower hose carefully to its connection at the
engine.

The engine end of the upper hose only looks like a thermostat housing. It's
not.

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