It's not overheating..I haven't checked if it is loosing coolant or not. But technically, if it losing coolant, shouldn't the temp gauge be going up? because the car wont be receiving adequate cooling?
Correct. But if the thermostat is constantly open then it will keep your temp gauge low but doesnt necessarily means that your not overheating or loosing coolant... Fluids just keeps circulating.
Originally Posted by cloverfield
How hard is it to replace a thermostat and how much would it cost? + labour?
Thermostat oem approx $15-30 + new 5L coolant $25 + labour 1-2hours $100-150
But if you do it yourself you save labour and its easy to do.
Also your temp sensor or temp gauge could possibly be the other culprit.
When u jump in the car and u got the heater going and u got air from outside coming in the car won't reach temp as quick as it would on a warm day with no heater on.
Last couple mornings have been freezing and my car won't reach normal temp for the entire 10min drive. But in summer it would
Same thing happened to me aswell in the ek9, I thought it was like that, whilst cruising temps stayed on c, at the lights or idle it would go up!
Went to repco and found a nice tridon radiator cap for 37 bux, design actually looks more better then oem Honda stuff (oem binded where the rubber seal meets the thermo housing)
Where as the tridon one is all copper and less cramped
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