Thermostat Change

[notoriusart]

Hey SHO world...I'm new to the scene, I'm used to working on Chevy vehicles..Any i know where my thermostat is located on the engine 3.0l mtx but how hard is it to change it. I'm used to my thermostats being on top of the manifold..

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

It is located under the throttle body. Just follow the upper radiator hose to the engine, it will lead you to it.

You must remove the t-stat housing in order to get the t-stat out. And removing the intake hose, MAF, and airbox lid helps to provide a bit more room to work.

Just be careful reinstalling the t-stat housing, it is brittle, and overtorquing will break it easily.

 

[notoriusart]

thanks man..i was looking at the wrong spot.. i must have been looking at the waterpump

 

[SASHO91]

yeah our Tstat's are on the "back" of our motors......


i wouldnt torque them to much over 10ft lbs...
the tstat comes with an o ring, that slips on the outside of the tstat.. make sure it has that ring.... also, the sho's tstat has a jiggle valve... its a little hole in the tstat housing that alows air to bleed out of themotor. It should have a little "ball" type piece of metal in the hole, that jiggles...
stock ststat rating is 192* or 195* one of the 2... in the summer i drop down to a 185*... but im in texas....

 

[DHMag]

Josh, most if not all thermostats come with jiggle valves these days.

 

[marvsho17]

Make sure the jiggle valve is at the 12 o'clock position when you install it.