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[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??

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

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...

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.

[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.

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=""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.

[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?

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

[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

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

Terry