well murphy's law strikes again

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:08 am

well tonight i was just cruising and telling my friend about murphy's law and how i named it Daewoo's Law after the turbo kit was a sure go and right after i dropped him off i notice my temp light was on and saw my gauge all the way up. stopped turned around and look under the hood and low and behold the cheap ass thermastat blew.

i'm just glad i caught it before i drove any further hopefully the junkyard here will have one in stock until i get a brand new one. DAMN YOU MURPHY!!!!!!!

nick

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:15 am

oh will the metal one fit on a 2001 lanos? if i can find one later i'd rather put it on and not worry about this cheap ass plastic one.

nick

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:20 am

You didn't smell anything before the gauge got all the way up? When I was driving, I definately smelled it, but thought it was a truck in front of me. Good thing I was paying attention to the gauge, also good thing you were paying attention

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:24 am

well i was smoking a cig and had the windows rolled down and didn't see any smoke from the hood. i did smell it a bit but wasn't sure if it was the tar they've been laying down all over town or not.

nick

GsiTurbo · Post by **GsiTurbo** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:41 am

If you can't find one, I can always overnight it for ya. Sorry to hear about the car, but it is a good thing you caught it. It might be worth checking for wet spots around the cylinder head.

Tom

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:52 pm

yeah tom i think it would be best for you to overnite that to me. i will look around the head later since its at a friends house. just let me know when to paypal ya. still sucks it happened on a freaking friday night cuz i won't be able to get the part until monday.

oh well the sooner the better.

nick

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:53 pm

lanos2001 wrote:oh will the metal one fit on a 2001 lanos? if i can find one later i'd rather put it on and not worry about this cheap ass plastic one.

nick

as far as i know the metal one fits perfictly.

MMamdouh

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:56 pm

thanks mmamdouh

hey Tom you think you can get some of the metal ones? if you can i'll buy it from you whenever they get in.

nick

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:07 am

lanos2001 wrote:thanks mmamdouh

hey Tom you think you can get some of the metal ones? if you can i'll buy it from you whenever they get in.

nick

if he can't I might have a spare one off my 7K mile motor...

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:53 am

well i finally got it fixed. i missed the delivery today so i had to hunt down the DHL guy to get the thermastat. i had to get the car running so i could tape it off tonight and paint it tomorrow plus i had already called in at work for two days and couldn't do it again.

nick