I called them and found that they recommend 8 hours cure time minimum before the engine can be run. In the diagram, the front arrow is poin … ting to the cabin not the front of the car. Removing the inlet proved to be tricky. The thermostat housing should be held on with 2 bolts. The unique properties of the heat motor result in a consistent and precise response to the cooling system's needs.
About 90% of the coolant made it into the bucket, which I thought was pretty good. Also I highly recommend that you remove the throttle body. Remove the thermostat cover and remove the thermostat. On the driver side of the engine, … there is a radiator hose that connects to the engine just under the wires for the spark plugs. I just did this on my 1999 Grand Am V6. I didn't bother to drain the system. Get multiple quotes from junk yards and auto wreckers who compete for your business.
Once free and dangling by the wires, find, on one side or the other, the pressure point to disengage the hook that holds the unit into the white housing. Be gentle with the vacumm lines as they become brittle with age and heat over time. So if you havent done it in the last 5 years its not a bad investment in time and materials. I asked if they took this part off when they did the last repair and they said they didn't work even close to where this is located in the engine. On the 2001 Nissan Xterra V6 engine you follow the bottom radiator hose and that leads to the thermostat.
My warranty covers gaskets so I asked if a gasket was needed as part of the repair. Slide the unit up and off the metal support. Shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay. This will expose the screws holding the radio in …. When it popped out, the top of the engine drained. Fishing that out was fun! Follow the upper radiator hose to the manifold just in … frontof the throttle body. You will need to fish around blindly, properly allinging the housing with the engine mount, while trying to start the thread on the bolt.
Dave, if we had a manual at home, we wouldn't be asking for help. You have to remove the air filter unit. The full cure time is 24 hours which is far longer than I would like to take replacing the thermostat. This was definately the easy part and only took a few minutes. It is somewhat hard to get to, but I'm no expert and it took me less than 5 minutes.
After you get it removed it is even harder to start threading that bolt for reassembly. Once you take those out gently pull on the plastic you have loosened up and it will pop off. I am trying to get info so I can go in there armed with information that will blow what they say out of the water. You can access it from the driver side. O'Reilly Auto has them for 36.
The exact length of the stainless steel piston assures the prompt and precise operation of the thermostat valve. Will it help to bring it in and wiggle it at them? It hangs fitted onto a metal tongue by slides built into the flasher unit housing. Best luck I have had for any parts for a daewoo is a location in Puerto Rico. You have to wait for it to become hot for the thermostat to open up and circulate the coolant. When replacing the thermostat use Indian Head … gasket seal to hold the new thermostat in place so it does not shift and fits snugly in the housing. It … takes longer to get access to the thermostat than it does to get it off.
Follow the large top hose from the rad to the engine. Once undone I pulled the hose and let the coolent empty. Just plug … in the new one and slide it back on the bracket. The exaust manifold is in your way the entire time. It also helps to disconnect the 5-6 local sensors so that you can pull the wiring harness out of the way. Pops right out like a cork, then just plug the new one in.
There is a metal housing that the hose clamps to. I had to remove the plastic around the bac … k of the radiator, then remove the fan to have access to the bolts on the engine block that hold the metal thermostat housing on. Sorry to revive such an old topic, but does anyone know if it is necessary to let Permatex thermostat housing sealer to fully cure before running the engine? Remove the ash tray and you will see two Phillips head screws. Then put the bolt back in and tighten snug; but not too much! Follow the four blue and white wires from the blower motor to the blower motor resistor. Once you get that out of the way you will see the thermostat, which has two bolts that come off- careful because your coolant will be pouring out. The book says to drain the antifreeze, but I did not and just spilled a few ounces when I unconnected the coolant hose. Once everything is back together you need to fill the radiator and overflow tank.
The flasher is plugged into a white base that has the three female receptacles into which wires are fixed. Let it idle until it's up to operating temperature then rev it a few times to get the coolant flowing. That's the only way to get at the bolts. Ensure that every outing goes well with a new Nissan Xterra thermostat from AutoZone. Remove the upper radiator hose from the thermostat hou … sing and then remove the bolts. Then carefully open the radiator cap and check the level.