I completely forgot to ask them to change the thermostat at my last service.
The temp gauge sits around or below 70 and should be at 90. In the recent
cold weather, it has hardly gone over 65 and it takes about 20 minutes
before proper hot air comes through to the cabin. Its always been low, but
it seems to be getting worse. The GT I had last month was warm within a few
minutes and blowing hot air at me after about 3 miles!



Mine's a 2002, 156 Petrol 2.0 JTS. Anyone know where the thermostat is and
how easy the job is? Should I even consider changing it myself? I'm
proficient with the spanner and screwdriver, but I won't go near anything
critical - ie: if its in there with the timing belt and pump etc, then I'm
not going there! If it is inline with the cooling pipes and radiator, then I'll
consider it.



Advice, support / discouragement welcome!



GT



PS. My intermittent 'splutter' under load at lowish revs is back again too!
Might try some redex, but it didn't really help last time.