car had bad radiator cap. replaced!! and found out thermostat was bad also.
well it's a little late for a auto zone run but WHAT COULD HAPPENif i drive with out my thermo?????
should my car be fine to drive? o-ring is good still but will replace when i buy new thermo.... so what could happen if i drive it. raw.

 

It will be perfectly fine, the car will be kept cool and run just fine.

I've had some overheating issues with my b18b so I'm pulling out my thermostat since I wont even need it as the car wont get driven in winter

 

kool, be a zone when it opens ?

 

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what?
do I know when auto zone opens? no I'm in canada and we don't have autozone here

 

all thermostats where tested individually starting out with cold tap water. thermostat was hung from a wooden spoon into boiling water. used a digital thermometer to see when the thermostat was full open. hope it helps some of you
I went and bought a thermostat from the following stores
1. advanced auto
2. napa
3. auto zone
4. pep boys
5 Honda
and the results were
1.the advanced auto one was rated at 180 degree's i did a test on it and it did not open til 211 degrees. so that went back in the box $ 8.79

2. Napa rated at 160 opened up at 185 $ 9.35

3 auto zone rated at 180 and opened at 190 $6.45

4 pep boys rated at 160 and opened at 171 and the 2nd time around it didnt open til 197( it was sticking 7.84

5 honda it was rated at 178 and opened at 176. $18.84.

So its true u get what you payed for. the honda has been in for 3 days and i have yet to turn on my fan

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMlyfestyle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">all thermostats where tested individually starting out with cold tap water. thermostat was hung from a wooden spoon into boiling water. used a digital thermometer to see when the thermostat was full open. hope it helps some of you
I went and bought a thermostat from the following stores
1. advanced auto
2. napa
3. auto zone
4. pep boys
5 Honda
and the results were
1.the advanced auto one was rated at 180 degree's i did a test on it and it did not open til 211 degrees. so that went back in the box $ 8.79

2. Napa rated at 160 opened up at 185 $ 9.35

3 auto zone rated at 180 and opened at 190 $6.45

4 pep boys rated at 160 and opened at 171 and the 2nd time around it didnt open til 197( it was sticking 7.84

5 honda it was rated at 178 and opened at 176. $18.84.

So its true u get what you payed for. the honda has been in for 3 days and i have yet to turn on my fan

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cool good info..

 

Have you tested the mugen thermostat and fan switch like passwordjdm.com sells?
That would be good info if those really open cooler.

 

havning no t-stat isn't very wise. Engines run the best at full operating temperature...without a t-stat, it will run much cool, too cool, to be as efficient. It's better than overheating yes.

Do you know it's your t-stat? Bottom rad hose stays cold all the time?