I just pulled of a shitload of piping looking for the thermostat, I should've checked here first cause it is not located where every other cars is. dammit! anyone care to enlighten me with the secret location of the thermostat?
Where the hell is the JZ thermostat
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It's underneath, tucked up high near the front of the motor. It's in a bitch of a location. Good luck replacing it, it'll piss you off.
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so does that mean its at the end of the bottom coolant hose? as opposed to at the end of the top coolant hose where I just took off A SHITLOAD OF FUCKING PIPING:cry:?honestabe said:
I just need something more specific from someone like " at the end of the bottom coolant hose" if that is where it is
Follow the lower radiator hose to the block and you'll find the thermostat housing. Take off the hose and then it is 2 12mm bolts holding it on there. You can get to it from the bottom. It isn't hard at all the change out.
I can't believe I took almost all of the piping for the twins trying to get to the end of the top coolant hose:3d_frown: when I got there I was like...what the hell? where did it go? than I read some stuff about some people not finding a tstat when they opened up their shit so I thought maybe it didn't have one... but then I followed the bottom coolant hose and it took 3min with the right tools. it sucked.AF1JZ said:
dude i went thru 3 tstats from Auto Zone and Advance in a week
i can drain replace tstat and refill in under 20 mins now LOL its very easy
like everyone else said, just follow the lower radiator pipe and you'll find it man.
i can drain replace tstat and refill in under 20 mins now LOL its very easy
like everyone else said, just follow the lower radiator pipe and you'll find it man.
Housing sticks out from the under the front turbo. You can get to it with a long extension, but from the bottom is easier.
oh yeah its definatley fucked that I took off all the upper piping because I too am used to working on a 7M, but... I'm glad I'm not the only one:biglaugh: anyways If anyone is wondering what the perfect tool is that makes the job a 15-20 min job, it's a 1/4 drive ratchet with an extension and a tall 12mm socket. I couldn't believe how much extra work I did. sometimes I think my car is just testing me to see if I am worthy enough to drive such a badass engine:icon_bigg . at least it doesn't leak like my 7M used to. I would put in 2-3 quarts of Syn a week:aigo: Anyways, glad to know I'm not the only one.
OneJoeZee said:If doing your thermostat was hard, pray to good your turbos never start smoking.
oh so true im in the market for set of stock twins now....other thread
i had em all ripped down til it was just the turbos and the rear intake pipe and i had a local meet so i said F it and put it all back together and drove it lol
OneJoeZee said:If doing your thermostat was hard, pray to good your turbos never start smoking.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: 100% correct Joe.
With a wobble extension, you can do it in a few mins. I musta changed my stat 10 times. Now that i'm single turbo, the only way to do it is under the car. I also had to modify my water neck (cut 1in off) so I could run my IC piping lowered (i didnt go straight down then front like MKIV's, I ran along the rail to avoid damage from my car being so low).
could someone clarify on the Stant Tstats sucking? does that mean they will fail earlier or not function properly. Oh yeah. I'm having a hard time getting a good seal on the Tstat because It is on bottom so it will not stay in the hole in block becuase of gravity. How did you guys get a good seal on your Tstats? I was thinking of putting it in the metal fitting on the end of the coolant hose and than bolting it down as opposed to trying to hold it in place on the block the best I could while putting the metal fitting on the two bolts. how did you guys do it because mine is leaking cause of poor seal.
Most stants don't stay open when they fail, which they are good at doing. OEM stick open when fail.