[Shotimes] Thermostat Blues Again

Kevin & Cheryl Airth clubairth@peoplepc.com
Fri, 30 May 2003 23:02:51 -0500


I have only replaced one thermostat in 135K miles. I use distilled water and
the orange dex-cool. Do you flush and refill the system regularly? I would
also find and clean the engine ground strap.
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> My 93 ATX 3.2L  seems to eat thermostats. I put a new one in approx 10
months
> ago, The expensive ford replacement, something like $28 bucks, now it
seems
> to be dying on me also. My cooling fan is kicking on like its supposed to.
Any
> ideas? Someone on SHO Times said one time about buying the autozone part
and
> drilling a couple of holes in the thermostat in place of the jiggle valve,
can
> anyone comment on this, I would greatly appreciate it
>
>                                         Thanks
>                                         Charles Meador