[GooseSS]

Hey all,

I had my 2018 SS in for service this week. I had noticed a couple of weeks ago, low coolant levels. I topped it off but knew it had to be going somewhere. I finally noticed that there was a pretty good leak, which ended up coming from a bad t-stat housing.

Has this happened to anyone else? I noticed at one point Mishimoto was developing a billet replacement (which got cancelled. Did they get banned from this forum??)

I also see that LMR has one they offer for an absurd amount of money.

I had the part replaced under warranty so this was not a big problem, but I wanted to start poking around and see what path you guys have gone down here.

Do most boosted guys run the OEM plastic t-stat housing?

Thanks all!

[GooseSS]

Bump.

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[Cechk01]

I had this issue on an 2005 mustang V6. For the V6 guys, the thermostat became a wear item, replacing it every 30k to 50k miles. They also had a guy that made metal ones, but the cost was so high that you could afford to replace the plastic one like 4 times before it made sense to get the metal one. Mine blew up right before i got home one day, but it was an easy fix.

sad to learn the LT1 engine is using a plastic thermostat housing too. :/

[GooseSS]

Yeah, weird place to cheap out =\