160° Thermostat install instructions?

[MyFirst5.0]

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[HybridGT]

easy way:

0. leave coolant cap on, do not drain system
1. remove intake tube
2. leave coolant hose on housing
3. have your understanding life partner hold the coolant hose with light pressure towards the housing while you remove the two bolts
4. prepare new thermostat for quick swap
5. politely ask understanding life partner to apply pressure away from housing, separating the housing, exposing the thermostat but keep the hose/housing opening pointed up so it doesn't drain out.
6. swap thermostats in under 1 second
7. put housing back together with bolts
8. rinse off front of engine and belts since you spilled about 1 ounce of coolant
9. put intake back on
10. remove coolant cap and let it idle and heat up (turn on heater full blast) on level ground and pump coolant hoses while it heats up. level off coolant, it won't need much at all....

This is extremely helpful! Thanks dude.

Will give it a try. If all goes well, my girlfriend won't shoot me and I'll post back with a "successful install" tomorrow.

 

[Moetoe]

Changed my thermostat yesterday and now the Temps are really high staying around 214 I have let it run and pumped the hose and it's still really hot what am I doing wrong please help

 

[Higgs Boson]

Changed my thermostat yesterday and now the Temps are really high staying around 214 I have let it run and pumped the hose and it's still really hot what am I doing wrong please help

heater on full blast while you let it idle? it can take 20-30 minutes, I let it idle a long time to make sure it's bled properly. also need to be on flat surface with cap off.

 

[Moetoe]

heater on full blast while you let it idle? it can take 20-30 minutes, I let it idle a long time to make sure it's bled properly. also need to be on flat surface with cap off.

Been running about 25 minutes heat on high and Temps never get low enough to turn fans off and when I'm driving getting up to speed they drop but when I'm up to cruise speed they start to climb back up in the 200s

 

[Moetoe]

heater on full blast while you let it idle? it can take 20-30 minutes, I let it idle a long time to make sure it's bled properly. also need to be on flat surface with cap off.

Temps finally went down fans turned off so I went around the block and as soon as I hit 45 Temps went up to 212 and now back at house idling and Temps are going back down...car has run for about 2 hours today just sitting and it's not working what else am I missing

 

[Moetoe]

Temp back to 190 at idle but as soon as I try to drive they go to 210-212

 

[Higgs Boson]

fans working?

stock tune?

any other mods?

 

[Moetoe]

Yes fans come on and I have Cai and tune that was just updated for the thermostat

 

[Higgs Boson]

Yes fans come on and I have Cai and tune that was just updated for the thermostat

First thing I wonder if something is weird with the tune and if they are only running when the car is not moving or something similar or maybe something weird with the fan vs A/C settings or if they weren't changed properly for the thermostat.

Going to be hard to diagnose this over the Internet.....

Which thermostat is it?

 

[Moetoe]

Evenflo 160

 

[Higgs Boson]

Evenflo 160

Oh well that makes more sense. The 160 doesn't work. For some reason I was thinking you had the 170. Throw that 160 in the trash can and get the reische 170.

 

[daltron]

Oh well that makes more sense. The 160 doesn't work. For some reason I was thinking you had the 170. Throw that 160 in the trash can and get the reische 170.

^ This. The Evenflo is trash.

 

[Moetoe]

^ This. The Evenflo is trash.

Lots of people running the 160 with no problems...I guess the same can be said about the 170 since people says their temps don't change after installing the 170...

 

[Moetoe]

Oh well that makes more sense. The 160 doesn't work. For some reason I was thinking you had the 170. Throw that 160 in the trash can and get the reische 170.

The 160 does work my buddy just did his last week and it works perfect...I'm not interested in tossing out a new thermostat and buying a new one and doing the install again I just wanted some help to figure this one out....It will idle at normal temps and the heat is hot but when I drive they rise to 210-212 what will cause that

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