Q about my thermostat
 

My thermostat doesn't have the little whole would it matter when installing it?

then it may not be OEM...OEM is recommended.

I bought it at Mazdatrix. Im pissed.

yeah it looks like Mazdatrix is starting to sell the basic auto store moto rad thermostat which is NOT oem..

Buy a Nippon stat or a Mazda one..

Nippon is the oem supplier for Mazda

http://www.mazdatrix.com/b9.htm

Scroll down to thermostat. Sucks to be you :P.

Yea I put my old one back in and will go to the dealer tomorrow!

I just bought a new one from the Mazda dealer, and it looks like they moved the jiggle pin from the outside flange to inside the casing.

Try and look inside the "cage" - the jiggle pin might be on the inside.


-Ted

stant, motor rad both are JUNK.. Mazda trix should know this and should only sell Mazda or nippon oem stats..

here is a pic of the Nippon one I have and installed in my car...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...ponstattop.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...nipponstat.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...dt-stattop.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...doldt-stat.jpg


you can see the jiggle valve under the "cap"

On a related note, isn't the jiggle pin there to allow air to purge past it?

This is it. No jiggle pin.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...c/IMG_0188.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...c/IMG_0189.jpg