In today’s video, my Honda Civic Project Car has a stuck-open thermostat! This causes the engine to run too cold and not allow it to get to proper operating temps. So in this Civic vlog, I show you how to easily locate and replace a Honda Civic thermostat as well as burp the coolant system. Short, sweet, and somewhat to the point. Enjoy!
While there is MANY videos on how to replace and install a Honda Civic thermostat, I thought it would be good to document this on the channel! A good old fashioned Civic vlog where (mostly) everything goes according to plan. The thermostat is one of the few things that has failed on this car over the years. With a recent cold snap, my temp gauge was cooling as I was driving. Usually meaning that the thermostat is in a stuck-open state.
This job can easily be done with a couple 10mm sockets and a little bit of time. I recommend spraying and soaking the thermostat housing bolts with PB blaster (days or hours) prior to removing them. After the install, I burped the cooping system for a half hour to make sure there was no air or hot spots in the lines. Overall, a very simple job that anyone can do with the right parts and tools.
Hopefully you enjoyed the video, learned something new, or just liked seeing a Civic video!
Here are the links to the products used in today’s video!
OEM Honda Thermostat (Fits many Honda’s): https://amzn.to/3v3XqRR
Honda Genuine Type 2 Coolant: https://amzn.to/48lQj5p
Spill proof Coolant Funnel Kit: https://amzn.to/41qQE4K
AEM Short Ram Intake: https://amzn.to/3RnGAVp
Thanks for watching!
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Glad to see you're able to still get the OEM thermostats for these.
After all these years your dc sports headers still look like new from when you put it in. It doesnt turn a different color or rust out?
Honda’s are very picky when it comes to thermostats. They only like and run the best with OEM Honda thermostats.
Another day another video! It had me thinking. What are your settings on your GoPro to look like you have a mirrorless camera mounted on your head?
Love the civic videos as always, you should do an aftermarket radiator at some point it’d be a cool mod to cover for the civic
I have the same problem lol.
Did you order a diferent temp thermostat or just replaced it with oem
My civic doesn’t blow hot air anymore it send out cold air I don’t think it’s the heater core but I checked the hoses going into the firewall and they also seemed fine idk what it could be
Loved the video! I actually enjoy watching the easy maintenance things. Every civic owner should know about the full hood prop!
What paint did you use on the valve cover?
Amazon has a lot of fake Honda parts. Just something to be aware of.
This is such a chill video
When’s the rear disk conversion coming?
Are you never goin got install the skunk2 manifold?
Just did this to my 2000. My thermostat was stuck open. Never fully heated up and ran really cold going downhill. Went in and out of child start mode. All works great now.
Getting to the car maintenance early this weekend! Nice!