[jpliddy]

thanks nagoma
just spoke to a frying he says volvo changed the gasket design to a square gasket with a groove in it about 1995 because of leaking problem have you heard of this i put the gasket on the stat with the groove it makes the stat a mil or so bigger all round so i can't get it into the block housing as the outer edge of the bare metal stat virtually touches the cast block if you get what im try to say .
regards jim