Oil cooler thermostat..?
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Oil cooler thermostat..?
I just drained the oil cooler today, 1st time I have ever drained it. Anyway I tried to search but I keep getting a Proxy Error. So when I pulled the plug I a thermostat or somthing came out with it. I guess I did not even know this was there. Is it a thermostat...? Is this somthing that goes bad often..? Should I replace it as I doubt it ever has been replaced.
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lol, you crack me up nz hey usmcjsy did you take that out while the cooler was still in the car? I need to do this to mine to make sure the tstat works corretly and I may just get a new one for the hell of it if mazda has it for a descent price. I just don't want to have to yank that bastard out again. It's a pain in the back side
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I called lots of people about this and never got a straight answer. Everyone is scared stiff of the thermostat in the e-shaft going bad but noone ever talks about this one. I took mine out and boiled it in a pot. It opens at a pretty low temp like 100 degrees, the water in the pot was not very hot. I would say put it back in unless you live in the tropics. Everyone seems to love the efficentcy of the stock oil cooler so it can't be that much of a restriction.
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Without the thermovalve in the oil cooler as a thermostat, the cooler is bypassed- which throws away about 30% of the engines cooling.
Failure of the thermovalve in the cooler is almost nil, as it is not subjected to the temps, tighter tollerances, and rotation that the E-shaft thermo valve is subject too.
Failure of the thermovalve in the cooler is almost nil, as it is not subjected to the temps, tighter tollerances, and rotation that the E-shaft thermo valve is subject too.
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Cool thanks for the info guys, I have never really heard of this being discussed before and for some reason I never drain the oil out of the cooler. I guess I will from now on. I put it right back in but just wanted some input.
HondaHater- Ya I removed it while it was still in the car. I did not realize there was a thermostat in there. If you end up replacing yours let me know what it costed. Next time I change mine I might just change it for the hell of it.
HondaHater- Ya I removed it while it was still in the car. I did not realize there was a thermostat in there. If you end up replacing yours let me know what it costed. Next time I change mine I might just change it for the hell of it.
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Well it looked fine as far as I could tell. I just figured a 18 yr old thermostat would not hurt to replace. I really do not wanna find out what would happen if it failed. Well if I get a new one I will let ya know the cost. You do the same.
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Have you done the TB mod...? If not just try wiring open your outboard butterflies on the TB it made a day and noght differance for me. Otherwise I am in the middle of a engine swap, should be up and running in a week or 2. Even then though I wont get to experience the Stage III till after break in.
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