1985 EA82T thermostat housing idle air control housing

[gbacon67]

Hello,

I'm looking for the thermostat housing / idle air control housing for a 1985 GL-10 with EA82T engine.  See photo.  It's a discontinued item.  

• Please share any good sources for used Subaru parts
• Let me know of any workarounds for separating the thermostat housing from the idle air control.  Subaru went to a standard thermostat cover and a separate idle air control widget on later models.  I'm guessing I could switch to different parts and still get accurate idle air control.

Thank you!

[Step-a-toe]

I disconnected mine totally, electrically and air wise from intake system. Takes a bit more effort to warm up. Might be hard to get a wrecker interested in parting with such a small value item

[KiwiGL]

On 10/19/2021 at 2:56 AM, gbacon67 said:

Hello,

I'm looking for the thermostat housing / idle air control housing for a 1985 GL-10 with EA82T engine.  See photo.  It's a discontinued item.  

• Please share any good sources for used Subaru parts
• Let me know of any workarounds for separating the thermostat housing from the idle air control.  Subaru went to a standard thermostat cover and a separate idle air control widget on later models.  I'm guessing I could switch to different parts and still get accurate idle air control.

Thank you!

I've read a couple of threads of people using Bosch ones to fit early VW Golf models instead. These are still available.

See this thread https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/141806-aaviacv-questions/

[gbacon67]

Belated thank you for the help.  I made a JB Weld repair that seems to be successful.  I now have options thanks to your help 🙂