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12-12-10, 04:44 PM

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Best place to buy OEM thermostat

Ok well ive read that the stant thermostats are garbage so i went to mazda today to order a oem one..well they want 64 dollars for one!!!! Is there anywhere else to get one cheaper, i think mazdatrix has them for like 32 shipped...anywhere else other than that??

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12-12-10, 04:45 PM

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I bought one from mazdatrix before, didn't really find any other sources.

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12-12-10, 06:21 PM

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NAPA sells a perfectly acceptable thermostat (has jiggle pin).

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12-12-10, 06:37 PM

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is that the only gripe about the stant ones?? is that they dont have the jiggle pin?

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12-12-10, 07:38 PM

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NAPA sells a perfectly acceptable thermostat (has jiggle pin).

good to know.

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12-12-10, 08:44 PM

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12-12-10, 08:47 PM

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or mazda dealership..

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12-12-10, 08:48 PM

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Dealer, 13 bux in Orlando.

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12-12-10, 09:29 PM

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is that the only gripe about the stant ones?? is that they dont have the jiggle pin?

That and supposedly not opening, causing overheating and toasted coolant seals.

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12-12-10, 10:38 PM

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my mazda dealer told me 64 dollars for a s5 turbo thermostat with the seal!!

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12-12-10, 10:51 PM

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my mazda dealer told me 64 dollars for a s5 turbo thermostat with the seal!!

tell your Mazda dealer to f--- themselves. hard.

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12-12-10, 10:52 PM

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my mazda dealer told me 64 dollars for a s5 turbo thermostat with the seal!!

didn't come with a tube of vaseline for the seal?

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12-13-10, 12:29 PM

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didn't come with a tube of vaseline for the seal?

Pff not at that price. It's JDM! They're the people selling dryer hose for like $100...

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i guess, last time i bought an S5 t-stat from the dealer it was about $25 with the gasket.

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lol i asked them if it came with the whole thermostat housing and they said no so i shot the bird and left!

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i dont remember if i ordered from mazdatrix or rx7.com, but it was one of those.

I had bought a stant prior to that and thought i was having issues with it so i replaced it with the OEM, saw no difference in performance or temps. So Stant will do , havent seen no recent horror stories about the stant one, seems to be just urban legend.