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| Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 
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				Removing thermostat without draining oil?
			 
			Hi, My 1969 911T is running quite hot recently and I suspect that the internal oil thermostat is stuck in the closed position. Since I can access it just fine with the air box removed, I was wondering if it possible to remove it without draining the oil from the engine/tank? My friend is a mechanic (who doesn稚 do Porsches...) thinks I would be fine. I知 99% it is not possible because the thermostat is on a lower level than the oil tank and all the oil would spill out of the block as soon as it is removed, but maybe I知 wrong? | ||
|  08-20-2011, 07:36 AM | 
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| Registered Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manhattan Beach, California. Factory Delivery-Original owner-Retired engineer 
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 On our '86, I replaced a leaky gasket without draining the oil. 
				__________________ 1986 911 Targa. Per Road and Track magazine: Only in L.A.: In the window of a bar in Hermosa Beach, California. "Happy Hour prices during all car chases." | ||
|  08-20-2011, 07:51 AM | 
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			I've done it......I put a rubber glove over the hoses....
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|  08-20-2011, 08:19 AM | 
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| Registered Join Date: Oct 1999 
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 Nothing will happen. | ||
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