My experience with the wrong thermostat in a Buick 3800... I recently bought a 2003 Buick Park Avenue with the 3800 motor. I was having all sort of codes popping, from transmission to emissions, 5 in total. I ran around the car checking vacuum and voltage and could find nothing wrong, or a reason why. But, I knew of one issue, seeing as it is winter here in Michigan... The heat, there was not that much, sufficient, but not how it should be. The temp gauge was only hitting the 1/4 mark on the gauge. I plugged my scan tool in and discovered the temp was only getting to 140*. My first thought, stuck thermostat. I pulled the old one, and discovered it was a 180* unit, vs the 195* that GM calls for... I replaced that, now have heat, the engine temp is getting up to 200*, and then I discovered all of the codes are now gone. The most frightening code was the dreaded P1811 code regarding the transmission and shifting. The car now shifts normally, and runs much smoother, as it is now getting up to proper operating temperatures. This is all makes perfect sense, especially with the transmission. It was never getting up to proper temps, same with the emissions. The ECU was loosing its mind, and throwing codes galore for good reason, and possibly damaging the transmission. I see no reason to do this. The folks that design these systems know what they are doing, they spend millions of dollars and time working out the operations, don't go screwing them up like the fool that installed this 180* thermostat in my motor. I was looking at time and money fixing all of these codes, throwing money away for parts that did not need to be replaced, all because some moron thought a 180* thermostat would create some sort of magic.
@BiggTucker
4 жыл бұрын
Its Coming Soon I’ll Get It When My Baby Arrives
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
BiggTucker yessir gotta keep that baby cool!
@manwulf763
4 жыл бұрын
Bro, I have a question about this because I’ve been wanting to do it on my hellcat. I’ve read on forums that a lower temp stat won’t allow the engine to reach ideal operating temperatures. This will result in additional wear and tear on the engine. What’s your take on that? Would it still be beneficial to swap the stat if you don’t tune? Can you please do an update video on how the new stat’s been performing? Thank you and keep up the awesome content!
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
Manwulf I am 100% for doing this mod even without a tune. The car is going to just run better if it is cooler. You can get a CEL in cold weather if the engine doesn’t heat up fast enough but you can just clear it no problem. I will do an update video for sure, it’s been running great, stays around 186
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
Manwulf and thanks for the support!
@manwulf763
4 жыл бұрын
Redeye Rac1ng Dude, I just finished installing the stat and it’s working better than I imagined! Thanks a lot for your help!
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
Manwulf love it!! That’s awesome man, congrats
@Jfoster6928
4 жыл бұрын
What type of cat is that very dope
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
jo gene 2019 charger hellcat!
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
jo gene but thank you 🙏🏼
@Jfoster6928
4 жыл бұрын
@@SupercarJordan I know what type of cars you drive I've been watching you for a very long time seen all your videos lol I was talking about the cat on the couch
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
jo gene oh haha my bad he’s a bengal but appreciate the support!
@southbaykat9302
4 жыл бұрын
Watch out for a CEL with Tstat without a tune I got one on mine before I was tuned
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
Race life baby!!
@abuddha20ify
4 жыл бұрын
I'm wanting to drop a 180 in my kitty, but sometimes it throws check engine light without tune so.....:( great vid
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
Anthony Morales it will but nothing that hurts the car, go for it!!
@tavareasy
4 жыл бұрын
I took my 180 out after a week. Got a code and it wouldn't stay under 215.
@SupercarJordan
4 жыл бұрын
Tavareasy dang, i was definitely worried about that at first but it’s been great so far
@tavareasy
4 жыл бұрын
@@SupercarJordan I guess I was unlucky. It was working great for a week. But then after a week the code hit and the temperatures was just to high. Seemed like Thermostat wasn't working
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