Where to buy Thermostat?

[OBXboost]

[quote=""lawdogg""]I know there exists a lower temp. thermostat (180*F I think?), is that an OEM mitsu part? Is a dealer the only place I can pick one up??

[/quote]

I personaly thought that the stock thermostat was a 180* one?

[vegasidol]

Hmmm...interesting...
I just finished having similar problems with my na. Over the winter it wasn't heating properly, no heat at a standstill, but seemed fine when moving. It got warm out at again and I had the na out for about a week, when I came home one afternoon and heard a long high pitch of something decompressing...odd.

I went inside to get something, came back 10 minutes later and it turned over and died. I restarted it and gave it some gas to keep it running...but it was running rough. About 30 secs to a min later it evened out and that's when I noticed that the temp guage was through the roof. Off. I checked under the car and while there wasn't a coolant puddle, there was definitely drips on the underside of the car. Checked the coolant. Gone.

Gah! Where'd the coolant go? Well, I already picked up a thermostat at Advance Auto, $15, but that cold snap hit right after and I haven't been back.

I'm confused on the gasket though...does my 1g need a gasket? The store seemed to think I did...

[Jeff V.]

SOHC 6G72s use a gasket. DOHCs don't.

Some of the very early 91 DOHC models show a gasket in CAPS, but the t-stat housing was changed and the gasket was eliminated after only a couple of months of production.

[vegasidol]

[quote=""lawdogg""]That sounds like a headgasket issue, or the coolant just boiled out from the overflow tank.

This happened AFTER you put in a new thermostat? And it's been fine since?[/quote]

No...haven't had a chance to put the new thermostat in yet...going to do that first and see what happens.

[Jeff V.]

Never buy stuff from Dodge if you can avoid it. They take Mitsubishi's list price and mark it up another 30% or so.

[Jeremy C]

[quote=""lawdogg""]
But Dodge wanted $54 for the thermostat ... Honda wanted $16. LOL. According to Trevor it's the same thing, honda part #19301P08316.

Oh well, I'll try Autozone and AdvanceAuto on the way home, if they can't beat $16 then I'll order it from Honda.[/quote]

wow, what a rip!

Southgate Mitsu = $12 for the thermostat IIRC. I haven't bought one in close to 4 years, though, so I might be off, but not much.

[OBXboost]

[quote=""lawdogg""]Really. Well that explains why I've always got much higher quotes from Dodge dealers than Mitsu ones. They use the same part #'s don't they?

The problem is there's a Dodge dealer within walking disance of the apartment, and no Mitsu dealers within 30 miles ... [/quote]

Rockville Mitsu?

[SeanVr4]

hmm sean has a brand new tstat at his house just sitting in a mitsu box

[Terry]

[quote=""Gatecrasher""]Never buy stuff from Dodge if you can avoid it. They take Mitsubishi's list price and mark it up another 30% or so.[/quote]

My cost at the Dodge dealer I worked at was consistantly 10% higher than Rockville's prices.

Terry

[Terry]

They should have a selection of misc o-rings....chances are you can find something that'll work.

Terry