To panic or not to panic
 

ok guys,here it is right to the point.Ive been reading the big fat cooling thread and a few others after I have been having to add coolant because it keeps on dumping it from the reservoir and decided to flush the radiator,and change the t-stat.Well,I took the stat out(I havent changed it since I bought the car 2 years ago)and here is what was stuck on the spring of the t-stat....


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...da/photo-3.jpg


looks like water seals?a bit strange because the car doesnt smoke,doesnt heat up,and run rather well.Any thoughts??(also,it seems that the stat for my 93 is actually a 95 thermostat so someone mustve changed a few things)

is it hard, or rubbery?

its rubber(seal)

im thinking it could be something else maybe something fell in the radiator. who knows if the car doesn't smoke then i doubt you have to worry, just keep your eyes open and see what happems

How long has it been pushing coolant? can you take better pics? Those do look like pieces of inner coolant o-ring.

its been doing it for about 2 weeks now.The only thing I have done prior to that was installing a front mount intercooler,and relocating the radiator.The radiator DID seem to be clogged,because only one half was getting hot while the other wasnt.After a flush,it started working again(OEM rad).The car in reality doesnt get beat nor ran hard,and the reason why I decided to take the stat out was to inspect/replace only because of the rad flush.

Sorry about the pics,theyre from my iPhone but ill take better ones when I get home.Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Gil