TurboTobz Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Got a new stat today but it won't work on the car but will when on the gas hob...After hours of head scratching I took a moment to compare the two stats.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 As long as the diameter of the thermostat is the same it will be okay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDMfreak Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 what's the operating temp of the new stat it should be on the lip in the middle ie.. 68.c or something Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) More like 86 lol Edited February 18, 2014 by maddox710 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TurboTobz Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 82 degrees Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDMfreak Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 More like 86 lollol had it right just the wrong way round 82 degreesstat is right temp for these cant see why it wont work whats happening when you have it fitted and have the car running these do take ages to warm up and stat open and fan start working Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TurboTobz Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 3/4 temp needle sits atThe bottom half of rad and the hose is ice cold top half of rad and hose is hot.When removing the stat one side of water ice cold other side hotHeaters hotI've bled the system how I'd usually set about doing it.The radiators brand new civic alloy radTried both the new and oem rad caps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDMfreak Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 hmmm strange why rad would be hot top and cold bottom when you have hot heaters ,,how are you bleeding the system I usually leave the rad cap off till the fan kicks in and out make sure all air is forced out of system and top up if required Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TurboTobz Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Letting it run revving it every now and then lightly pumping hoses. Cap off of course.No fan fitted at the moment oem one wasn't working due to a fault which I need to trace. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDMfreak Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 leave it idling don't give it any revs and get a fan fitted once the fan has cut in its a sure sign there's no air in the system that's how I always bled them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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