Friday, February 24, 2012

Win a Tsurikawa contest!!

In my previous blog post about why you need a thermostat I intentionally made a mistake. I'll give a genuine Japanese Bosozoku 'stolen-from-a-bus' Tsurikawa to the first person who can comment and point out what that mistake is. Hint; it's in the pictures. Don't worry there's nothing wrong in the information I provided. :)

Edit: and the answer is... I posted the pics that had the thermostat installed in the car the other way around.

This is wrong;





This is the right way to install it;



The orientation of the thermostat is important. The wax end of the thermostat has to be facing the inside of the engine and the other side towards the radiator. This makes sure that when the water in the engine is hot the thermostat will open to let the cold water for the radiator in. Get that reversed and the thermostat will not open until the water coming in from the radiator is at the thermostat's pre set temp, so it will be already hot when it goes into the engine. 

The original article has also been updated. 

Congratulations to Mr. Jerry Baniqued for winning the Tsurikawa. :P

9 comments:

  1. sir phil, i think this is the mistake

    "The come in all sorts of shapes and sizes"

    the word The come..

    i think it should be "they came in all sorts of shapes and sizes"

    im mikelouie and a member of MLPH forums
    and from cavite.

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    1. Hehe... No sorry that's the answer. But I did fixing the bad grammars in the article. Thanks! :)

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  4. i wonder if thats the original cylinder head cover for 4g33..diba ung oil cap supposedly sa bandang likod malapit sa firewall?

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    1. This is an original cam cover for a 1st Gen Lancer 4G33. The ones for the Box type has the oil cap more towards the firewall.

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    1. Yes you do. I will give you an extra special prize.

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