Quote Originally Posted by kholveck View Post
I recently bought a 2004 Chevy Aveo. The people I bought from told me I needed to replace the thermostat housing-- a "friend" of ours said he knew how to do it, and it was a very easy fix....well shortly after he replaced the thermostat housing, I was driving home and my car over heated...the radiator hose is not getting hot either...I read on another forum that this can happen due to a bad thermostat (which can happen even being bought brand new...) Any help from anyone who knows a thing or two about this??
Did you replace it with metal one? Yeap very easy fix. Also did you replace the any fluid that was loss when you open the system back up? And maybe your thermostat went bad. If that hose coming out of the housing is not getting warm then you have a valve stuck closed.