[V8] Replacing the thermostat

[Dave Saad]

You are correct - pretty straight forward job.  My only advice is to carefully and gently remove the top radiator hose so you don't break it.  It is an expensive part.  I have taken to putting teflon tape on all coolant hose outlets.  It makes removal of the hose years later a snap.  I even put it on things like water pump bolts as an anti seize.  It seems to work for me. YMMV.
On Feb 19, 2012, at 11:35 PM, John Bysinger wrote:

> Tomorrow I'm picking up a new thermostat for our '90/3.6L V8Q.  Over the
> weekend she ran a little hot (125C on the dash guage, oil temp never
> wavered), and hasn't wanted to run back at the normal temps since.  Coolant
> was low, but I don't know if that was before it overheated or because it
> did overheat.  The pressure relief cap on the reserve tank under the hood
> was doing it's job and venting over pressure in the system.  This kind of
> symptom on other cars I've owned has always been a stuck thermostat.  But
> there's always great advice here, so I thought I would check in to see if
> there's anything I'm missing, or any advice on replacing the thermostat, I
> checked my email archives from here and it seems to match the symptoms.  It
> seems a fairly straight forward procedure, right on the passenger side
> front of the block.  Any tips are welcome.
> 
> Conditions when it overheated were very low stress, I was driving to a tire
> shop on the spare so I was taking it very easy.  45MPH on a straight/flat,
> about 15 minutes down the road from a cold start at home.  Once I got it
> home, first thing I checked was the auxiliary fan, since I've had to
> replace it's fusible link before.  No issues, runs through it's cycles
> fine, including hurricane simulation speed, and does kick on when the temp
> climbs above normal.
> 
> As always, Thanks!
> 
> -John
> 1990 V8Q
> john at bysinger.net
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