alright after a long frustrating day of working on it, ive replaced the fan clutch, and ive replaced the thermostat. Two jobs that shouldnt cause much trouble, well, apparently not. one of the two bolts on the tstat housing was rusted and snapped half in and half out. i tried pliers and vice grips for a while, then gave up and hoped that if i put the housing back on and the upper bolt back on, it would be tight enough to seal it. my plan was to run it with no thermostat after it was removed, but it leaked as i filled it. so i tried to get the bolt out again, and had no luck. so i had the idea of putting the new tstat and seal in to see if the seal would help, and sure enough, it didnt leak. i ran it at idle for about 10 minutes watching the temp and watching for the leak, and there was no water escaping. i drove it around for about 6 minutes and then checked it, and there was no leaking, then i drove it with boost and checked it, still no leaks. i know that its not very reliable to do it this way, but it has to get me by for right now. and it turns out the old tstat was jammed and was blocking the passage. the new tstat fixed my over heating problem. my oil is normal colored, my coolant doesnt boil anymore, and the car shows no signs of a bhg. im fortunate.
also, about wheel bearings, my front drivers bearing is bad and grinds, i have a new bearing and attempted to change it, and noticed the big hub nut is on the back? I couldnt get the bearing to come out. how do i get the bearing out?
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