TeGGeR® wrote:
> Matt Ion <soundy@moltenimage.com> wrote in
> news:YYfAg.306315$iF6.53448@pd7tw2no:
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>>TeGGeR® wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>It does? UPPER rad hose goes directly to the 'stat housing on my 3gee
>>Accord...
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> Check again. Follow the lower hose carefully to its connection at the
> engine.
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> The engine end of the upper hose only looks like a thermostat housing. It's
> not.

I don't need to check it - I've changed the 'stat on this car twice, once when
the one it came with died, and once when the "fail-safe" unit I replaced it with
failed CLOSED (grumble grumble)... trust me, the upper rad hose connects to the
thermostat housing.

The lower hose, BTW, connects to a pipe that runs along the back of the engine
under the intake manifold, and feeds the water pump.

My previous Accord was the same. First one, I couldn't say, because it never in
over 300,000km had a problem with the cooling system.

I'll go take pictures, if you like...