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[Flower Pepper Car Maintenance] Volvo V60 Thermostat Fault Light is on, High Water Temperature

September 23, 2024

The sharing of some vehicle repair and maintenance cases is updated irregularly. Let more people understand some tips in daily car use, maintenance, and testing. Use cars to understand cars better!
A 6W-kilometer Volvo V60 arrived at the store for a malfunction. After inspection, it was found that it was a problem with the thermostat.

A thermostat is a valve that controls the flow path of coolant. It is an automatic temperature control device that usually contains a temperature-sensitive component that turns on and off the flow of air, gas or liquid by expansion or contraction. It is extremely difficult to repair the electronic thermostat after it fails, so the only way to replace the thermostat.

Check the fault code of this vehicle. Thermostat, fuel sensor.

The thermostat is located on the front of the engine and behind the air intake system. To replace the thermostat, you must remove the air intake pipe and throttle valve.
It can be seen that the car is very well maintained and there is no oil leakage.

Antifreeze must be discharged first. Antifreeze in good condition can be filtered and continued to be used. If the condition is worse, it will save trouble and replace it directly. The antifreeze of this car has not been replaced, so this time it will be replaced directly. The new liquid is up.

Without saying much, open it.

Volvo’s engine layout is different from general reserves, with inline 5 – 4 cylinders. Therefore, it is more compact, especially the position of the thermostat is difficult to remove. Surrounded by various pipes.

This is the thermostat. When we remove the thermostat, we can’t find out where there is a problem with it. It’s useless to test the electronic thermostat with our eyes.

Go to the warehouse to pick up the new thermostat, and line up for me to take a big photo.
Comparison between old and new

Original parts, various codes can be seen in cleaning, and the letter craftsmanship is quite good.

installed

Antifreeze is highly corrosive, so it is best to clean it after replacing it.

Replace the fuel sensor.
The last step is to add antifreeze to clear the fault code and detect the data flow.
The problem was solved, and the problem was solved.

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[Flower Pepper Car Maintenance] Volvo V60 Thermostat Fault Light is on, High Water Temperature