I always use Premium Thermostats, which are billed to fail open. Gates or Stant are my favorite brands.
i personally run a 90c/195f one, the GATES 33209. it gets cold here in WI and it will hold 192f on the highway with the heat at speed 1
I have an 06. Had the same issue. Bought a cheap thermostat which turned out to be no good but acted the same as the old thermostat. Then, I changed EVERYTHING else in the coolant system, lol. Switched to Gates, problem solved.
To complement this, the Gates thermostat I bought for a Mercedes M272 engine was identical to the Mercedes A2722000115, except that the Mercedes logo cast into the housing had been (mostly) ground down.
I’ve got the gates 180, 5 years strong no issues
I work at a Honda dealership in the mechanic field, and I would recommend the OEM thermostat, unless you have a rebuilt engine.
Man, you just get the thermostat itself. Nothing more. Something like that was for 2008 Rabbit (2.5 I-5). Mine car had exactly same symptoms. It would reach 70 C and maybe at some point 80, but had tendency to stay cool (below 80) when driving. I know thermostat opens at 80 C, so anything below 80 is not quite right.
I got the GATES 34710 Thermostat. I haven't had any problems since replacing it 3 years ago.
Stop using cheap thermostats. Get an oem honda unit and it will last and work correctly.
we warrantied a Gates thermostat on a pentastar 3.6L three fkn times because the guy said it kept overheating going up hills. Originally replaced for P0128 thermostat code. Then we put an oem part in and it’s never overheated since.
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