Alright, changed the factory stat to Napa THM 191 180 degree stat. When I was undoing the hose the collant came flying out in all different directions. I didn't lose much as I had my ziplock bag present, but enough to make a puddle on the concrete. Second, I accidentally made a little cut in the rubber gasket on the side facingme as Ilook at the stat in its housing. Questions are: should I worry about the lost coolant? and Should I replace the gasket? Thanks.

 

I would do both. Put a new gasket on BEFORE topping off the coolant. Better to be safe than sorry.

dave

 

Coolant, do a visual check of the fill tank, that will tell you if you need to add any.

A cut... depends on how big of a cut. Did it go all the way through the seal? If not your probably ok. You can't buy just the seal from the dealership but I remember a post on where to find just the seal, I'll get that info and post it up.

 

Someone said go to a Carquest Auto Parts store, the gasketpart number is C31788. I've never seen a Carquest store so not sure what to say about that.

 

I've got the gasket now, just need Mopar coolant. Haven't found it yet but they have tried to talk me into the yellow "mix with anything stuff" that I'm not going to touch. Thanks for your help guys.


btw: I have finally popped my enginemodding cherry-> replaced the PCV valve and installed new 180 T-Stat..

'06 Vanilla Dodge Charger RT
K&N 63 series
Flowmaster 40's w/out resos
SC Flashpaq
180 T-Stat
Nitto NT 420S 255/55/18

inch by inch is a sinch...

 

you want to get Dex Cool!!! everywhere sells it, its the orange stuff.
Like me's CHARGER

 

Recommended antifreez is a type called HOAT, look for HOAT on the label.

 

Hmmmmm I guess they are different even though they are both 5/150 .....GET THE HOAT !!!

 

Yea the HOAT stands for Hybrid Organic Acid Technology, what ever that means I've found it at PepBoys.

 

thanks for the help, got the Mopar 5 year/100,000 miles HOAT stuff. Put on new gasket and ready to drive fast, turn left and head for home...