if u put a new thermostat... what temp. did u put?

[24j0hn]

cuz i just replaced my thermostat along with my radiator and i told the parts guy 91' nissan 240sx thermostat and he gave me a 180degree one... but i was looking at the FSM ans it said that factory opening temp is 170degree... so i went to the nissan dealership and spent $37.00 on a stock thermostat and it still overheats..

How does your car run w/o a thermostat?
Modified by 24j0hn at 4:08 PM 2/24/2009

[MastaYu]

i would just set it to stock temp if everything else is stock

[24j0hn]

fuuuuck!!! I am genuinely pissed off about aftermarket thermostats... My f***ing brand new thermostat that i put in 2 days ago has failed and has broken, which in turn gives me a sky rocketing temperature!!@!

Why do they manufacture those over priced piece of s***s if all theyll get you is a broken head gasket!!! someone should file a class action law suit

[vocationalzero]

you should be fine on a 180 degree I put one in mine.

[Steady_One_S13]

I'm sorry that you feel that way about aftermarket thermostats. I have the Nismo thermostat (Sr20) and it opens up @ approx. 140-160. My old stock one opened up @ 180-190. Nismo makes a thermostat for the KA24deas well.

[SHIFTVAX]

The stock KADE one is suppose to be 180 degrees but most auto parts places sell 170 degree which I don't really feel a difference so I doubt if it matters as long as the thermostat that you buy works, they are hit and miss alot of times.

[24j0hn]

it is... its like a gamble... 50/50 every time i put a new thermostat i end up having to repalace it all fast... so just bought a staten thermo and gasket which is 170degree now.

[Shabbernigdo]

i bought a thermostat at autozone and it worked for a whole 0 seconds. So after a lot of b****in i had to pull it all apart agian then test the thermostat and sure enough it was bad right out of the box so took it back went to nissan bought a stock one and havent had any problems since.

long story short just buy a stock one from the dealership and be done with it.

[Clawhammer]

I found out when when I blew my head gasket and fixed it that I don't have a thermostat.

[crash n burn]

get a stock thermostat. drill 3 (pref 5mm) holes onto the edge of the diaphragm, equidistant around the circumference . grandfather does this to every motor he builds. tried and true, my SR is running the same.

lower thermostats and a joke. and if its a straight track car, no one i know runs one anyways<3

[SullivanRacing06]

I'm sorry that you feel that way about aftermarket thermostats. I have the Nismo thermostat (Sr20) and it opens up @ approx. 140-160. My old stock one opened up @ 180-190. Nismo makes a thermostat for the KA24deas well.

im running a nismo t stat in my rb, has not failed me yet, its been in there for over 2 years. mabey the knock offs you get from discount auto parts ie stant t stats may fail, i have never heard of a nismo t stat failing, unless the installer puts it in backwards, lol,

[s13rb25det]

cras n burn, could you tell more about this t-stat mod. I am assuming that it is if the t-stat fails and shuts closed that the engine will not overheat because the 3 holes act as a bypass for the coolant. is this correct.? also how are the holes drilled? are they all on the top ot the t-stat in a row or in a triangle pattern? also does it take a long time for your engine to heat up because of this mod?

[Shabbernigdo]

cras n burn, could you tell more about this t-stat mod. I am assuming that it is if the t-stat fails and shuts closed that the engine will not overheat because the 3 holes act as a bypass for the coolant. is this correct.? also how are the holes drilled? are they all on the top ot the t-stat in a row or in a triangle pattern? also does it take a long time for your engine to heat up because of this mod?

If your just gonna go and drill a bunch of bypass holes in the thermostat why even run one?

all you need is the one at the top to let the air escape.

[24j0hn]

i bought a thermostat at autozone and it worked for a whole 0 seconds. So after a lot of b****in i had to pull it all apart agian then test the thermostat and sure enough it was bad right out of the box so took it back went to nissan bought a stock one and havent had any problems since.

long story short just buy a stock one from the dealership and be done with it.

well if all fails again... im gunna go to the nissan dealership and get one of them stock ones... how much did u pay?

If your just gonna go and drill a bunch of bypass holes in the thermostat why even run one?

all you need is the one at the top to let the air escape.

im guessing that the bypass hole let in some but not enough to mess things up... basically it kepps coolant flow to a minimum.

[NISSAN240SX12]

i had to go to the dealer. i had so much bad luck with aftermarket thermostats. The dealer charged me 50 dollars for mine.

[24j0hn]

well, i bought my nissan thermostat about a week ago and it cost me $37.00...And im not gunna say it failed... but it still gets hot!!!

[heartofaskyline]

how many miles is on your ka?

[24j0hn]

187,ooo... i stating to think i should try w/o a thermostat...

[Shabbernigdo]

the nissan thermostat was like 12.00$ a bit more then the one at autozone but it was worth it imo.