2G Which thermostat to buy?

[crimsondragon]

1998 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GST Thermostat
I'm going for the 180* thermostats but not sure which one to get. I know Gates make quality parts as it shows in their timing belts. What about Stants? Also what's the brand Autozone sells? I heard some people have trouble with them or the opening is smaller, restricting flow. If anything else I'll just go with STM's 170* thermostat and adjust it with the offset.

 

[synthetek]

All the aftermarket thermostats that I have seen look like junk when put side by side with an OEM, I will never use anynthing else

 

[andy4g63]

Aftermarket ones, work fine, but since we are talking thermostat, go with Mitsubishi-180*.

 

[snowborder714]

I have one from NAPA that works perfectly fine.

 

[->PrOjEcTGS<-]

If you get a Stant spend the extra 3 bucks and get the Super Stant. The construction on it is 10 times better than their standard t-stat. I run a 180* stant super stat and in the winter it barely gets above 184* which is not even enough to update my fuel trims. You've got to watch out for that.

 

[rich3389]

I've got a run of the mill advance auto special stock replacement and my temps stay at 192-195 all day long.

 

[crimsondragon]

Aftermarket ones, work fine, but since we are talking thermostat, go with Mitsubishi-180*.

I didn't know there were OEM 180*. I searched all the vendors and only STM had a 170*. Where can I get a 180*?

 

[fwdmaster]

Go with the stant 180 degree,works great on my car

 

[JusMX141]

The OEM recommended stat for a '98 4G63 is 180*.

The Stant part number we sell at my workplace for it is 14078, it sells for $16.98. It's a 56mm stat, which is 4mm larger than the 1G stat (Stant p/n 13869).

 

[andy4g63]

I didn't know there were OEM 180*. I searched all the vendors and only STM had a 170*. Where can I get a 180*?

I got mine from JNZ, but my car is 1G, if that matters.

 

[xioca]

I have one from NAPA that works perfectly fine.

That it does.

 

[crimsondragon]

If you get a Stant spend the extra 3 bucks and get the Super Stant. The construction on it is 10 times better than their standard t-stat. I run a 180* stant super stat and in the winter it barely gets above 184* which is not even enough to update my fuel trims. You've got to watch out for that.

You mean for it to go into closed loop? I don't have to worry about that since I'm 2g. Has to be above 180* F. You can compensate for it on DSMLink's coolant offset.

 

[->PrOjEcTGS<-]

Nevermind... The temp at which the 2g updates it's fuel trims is lower than the 1g. I guess it's just something I watch for.

 

[knochgoon24]

I'm running a 170° Stant.

 

[crimsondragon]

Can anyone tell me why they have different Tstats? One of them measures 2 3/16" x 47/64" x 1 11/16" x 1 3/16" while the other measures 2 11/32" x 33/64" x 1 3/4" x 1 7/64". They're regular and OE type respectively.

 

[JusMX141]

You mean there are two for 2G's, or are you speaking of the difference between the 1G and 2G t-stats?

 

[live4my4g63]

the mit. 180 works fine. you dont have to get high dollar stuff

 

[greengoblin]

A 170* t-stat will help prevent/guard against knock quite a bit. Since you have dsmlink to offset the coolant temp. Go that route.

Kevin

 

[black_gst]

stick with the oem they are the best, once i bought an autozone one(on a sunday because my thermostat housing cracked and dealer was closed) and it sucked it ran too cool even though they said it was a direct replacment. the next day i bought a mitsu stat and changed it out.

 

[crimsondragon]

You mean there are two for 2G's, or are you speaking of the difference between the 1G and 2G t-stats?

I believe there are two different ones for 2gs.