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Urgent! Problem in Changing Thermostat.

posted by  invar on  Thu Nov 28 08:22 CST 2002
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Lux, at this point, I would leave it alone... unless you just did a coolant flush of some sort and NEED to remove it? If that is the case, I would go to the Volvo dealership tomorrow first thing and get some replacement nuts/bolts (whatever they were, I can't remember anymore) and use those when you put it back in. In my experience, reusing deform nuts/bolts is never a good idea.

In any case, yes, are you sure you are using the right socket? If the socket is exactly the right size, it shouldn't matter much if only 2 of the 6 sizes of the bolt are deformed, unless they're deformed REALLY badly.
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