Thermostat Housing Won't Stop Leaking

Well since I was taking it apart anyway, I figured I would snap a couple of pics of the thermostat housing. Note in the second picture that the recess in the underside of the housing is bigger than the diameter of the thermostat. Any additional thoughts based on these pics?

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holy crap.. that thing is a pile of ****.. replace it.