I have a 2015 Grand Cherokee (You can look up the cluster gauge if you'd like to understand what I'm talking about). About a month or two ago I replaced the thermostat myself with an aftermarket thermostat (Duralast 82303DL). While i'm driving, it's steady on the third quarter mark. I'm too dumb to understand temperature gauges so I don't really know what temperature I'm at. I'm debating on buying an OEM thermostat and buying two gals of 50/50 and just doing an entire flush just to feel some type of ease. It's steady but does go down and fluctuates from the second quarter mark to third. What do you think? Should I go ahead and do it or is it okay for right now?
If I'm following you and it's running up towards the H then you should be fine. When a thermostat fails it fails open so your engine will actually run cold. It'll also throw an error code saying your engine isn't getting up to temperature or is running cold. That's an indicator that you've got a thermostat problem.
The engine has to complete 3 or 4 normal warm up cycles to clear the codes and switch off the check engine light. You should pull the codes to make sure there's no other codes being thrown, but yes, it'll clear in it's k own.
How can turn off a secundary permanente code sensor, my grand Cherokee 2013 dont pass the test only Caz this code is a night mare and the termostadt is fix now but the code still apper
just unscrew it first, then the hose will come of easily
Thanks for this informative explanation.
I have a 2015 Grand Cherokee (You can look up the cluster gauge if you'd like to understand what I'm talking about). About a month or two ago I replaced the thermostat myself with an aftermarket thermostat (Duralast 82303DL). While i'm driving, it's steady on the third quarter mark. I'm too dumb to understand temperature gauges so I don't really know what temperature I'm at. I'm debating on buying an OEM thermostat and buying two gals of 50/50 and just doing an entire flush just to feel some type of ease. It's steady but does go down and fluctuates from the second quarter mark to third. What do you think? Should I go ahead and do it or is it okay for right now?
I'm at 93,000 miles right now, I changed it around 90,000 miles. Should I do it now or wait until I hit 100k miles?
If I'm following you and it's running up towards the H then you should be fine. When a thermostat fails it fails open so your engine will actually run cold. It'll also throw an error code saying your engine isn't getting up to temperature or is running cold. That's an indicator that you've got a thermostat problem.
Why replace both the thermostat and housing instead of just the thermostat?
Tell me more... Can you get just the thermostat?
What is the engine temperature when you drive it now after the change?
It's up between 200-210 degrees
Thx….. what is the foot lbs to tighten the bolts back?
About 8ft-lbs. The Haynes Manual says 106 in-lbs.
Does the check engine light go away by itself after you fix it ?
The engine has to complete 3 or 4 normal warm up cycles to clear the codes and switch off the check engine light. You should pull the codes to make sure there's no other codes being thrown, but yes, it'll clear in it's k own.
How can turn off a secundary permanente code sensor, my grand Cherokee 2013 dont pass the test only Caz this code is a night mare and the termostadt is fix now but the code still apper
The engine has to complete 3 or 4 normal warm up cycles to clear the codes and switch off the check engine light.
What’s the part number for that part
Mopar OEM parts number 5184651AH. Although I used a knock off because it was cheaper. MotoRad 823-203 - amzn.to/3Hp2eW9
Did you bleed the system with the bleeder screw? Thats on the part. 🤔😉