Right i have my thermostat from my car in front of me, now i know it should be fully closed when cold, but its not, but i have a niggly feeling about it so just would like someone to confirm it lol

 

Fully closed = good

Almost closed but not quite = bad

Yip, should be shut !

 

When shut engine gets to temp faster then it opens about at about 76 degrees !

 

Been faulty open is not as bad as faulty shut !

 

Mind jeff found mine to be faulty at JAE this year !

 

Could mean your running in safety boost too and burning more fuel !

It's pooped!!:chinese:

Thanks, for some reason i questioned my self about it, even knowing all too well that its closed. even scoured over jeffTTs threads and saw a few closed just to make sure but still that niggly feeling. i suppose I'm going to get my arm chewed off for a Genuine Nissan part lol

Yeh, no point in getting it from a breaker !

never mind over reaction just there, can get a OEM from zcenter for 20 notes lol

Sure can !

 

That's why I said there's no point in getting one from a breaker !

so after all those pm's a while ago, i was right. told you it was a possible thermo ;)

just pricing it all up at the moment, timing belt, timing belt tensioner, should i replace the idler pulleys?

 

may as well do that while the front of the engine is apart for the water pump.

so after all those pm's a while ago, i was right. told you it was a possible thermo ;)

 

yeah but even you admit its a bit strange going for a hours drive and finding the rad cold?

just pricing it all up at the moment, timing belt, timing belt tensioner, should i replace the idler pulleys?

 

may as well do that while the front of the engine is apart for the water pump.

 

Save yourself some money and get from MJP instead.

 

You can check the idler pulleys for noise, resitance, play. If they do anything other than spin smoothly and quitely then replace them.

Vods you have PM