Thermostat - New one failer right away

[petrified.rabbit]

if you already had the aluminum one, you had no need to change it. And no need to replace it again if you put is back on.

The plastic one will fail very quickly if it is over torqued.

[serialize]

Thanks for the reply.
So I must have over tourqued the plastic one then.
I'll pull it off tonight and put back the original alluminum one then.
But really, don't feel the need to replace it even after 105,000 kms?
I just figured want to get her another 100,000 more km;s problem free so I'd change it to a new one, just didn't realize they for for that much $$ ...

Thanks again ..