Looks like I'm jumping-in and changine my thermostat out for a 180 Degree job.

How do I go about having the Fans reconfigured to accept the 180 Degree Stat?

Whats the degree of difficulty?
Whats the degree of money involved?

 

basically u need ur pcm retuned to different times and degrees...it can b very costly and the extra cooling is nice but even with the 180 t stat it will help

 

Rick,

Are you having cooling issues? If you are, have you tried replacing the radiator cap to see if this helps?

A mechanic at the Mopar dealer told me once when I had cooling issues with my '94 Dodge Shadow ES 3.0 V6 that a head gasket about to blow can show up as colling issues first.

My problem was the switch to operate the fan wasn't working. So the cooling fan wasn't coming on at all. Much less when it was suppose to come on.

 

Oh, no ... I'm not having any issues. I just don't want any issues to pop-up. Come mid-July / August ... I have to make a long highway run from Billerica, MA ... just about all Interstate driving ... over to Cohoes, NY.

When I hit the open road, traffic like to move right along, here, in Massachusetts. So, I figure if I'm going to be above 70~75 miles per hour all afternoon, it might be a good idea to run a smidgen cooler under the hood. I'm sure we'll have the A/C blasting and climbing the long grade, uphill, across the Berkshire Mts.

I used to run a 160 in my MGB, back in the '70's, before sensors connected all the functions and it cooled-out that little 4-Banger, good.
Heat is the enemy of an engine and tranny ... right?
So, I'd like to get some heat off the Mill for those long-hauls, ahead, on the calendar.

 

Rick i have never had the computer changed at all on mine for the T-stat

I talked to a dealer about it here in the states and they said that it is not completly nessasary. it will just make the car IN THE EVENT of a over heating. the fans will kick on at 190 instead of 180.

as for difficulty. not at all.
1. open hood
2. turn oil fill tube to allow you to take the cover off the top of the motor.
3. follow the top rad hose.
4. take out the bolts and pull the cover off
5. take some rags to soak up the small amount of fluid that mgiht come out.
6. replace T-stat in there and make sure every thing is clean .
7. pu tin new gasket.
8. put togeather in reverse of taking it apart.

i did mine with the car facing down hill and still dint lose enough water out of it to make it worth trying to fill it back up.
in a day or two i checked it again and it still was not readding low etc... you really do not lose that much water out of the motor.

but not hard. at all i would say from 1-10 maybe a 3 that is mostly due to haveing to ge tthe T-stat in in the right direction LOL

cost.
Might be 20.00 for the new stat and gasket for it

 

yeah i never had any computer stuff changed on mine when I did it.

And it's so easy to replace you'll wonder why you thought it would be hard.

 

mickey? u didnt drink any beers? i guess ill have to drink them for u

 

got pictures to go along with the step by step proccess?

 

had a thermastat go out in my 06 ltz last winter had 13000 miles on it...... the dealer changed it under warranity.....but had to take it back it wouldnt blow heat all the time.. took it back there was a tsb on it so it would operate properly..not sure what it was but worked after that......