Question for Mechanics/Wannabe Mechanics/Hillbilly Mechanics

• wes_mantooth

  

  Last night my car overheated so instantly I figured it was thermostat that got stuck closed. I didn't feel like pissing with it because it was late so I let it sit till this morning when it was a little cooler to work on things. Anyhow, I picked up a thermostat and was going to change it out this today.
  
  So I decide to double check this morning...so I start up the car and run it for about 20 mins.....nothing. Never raised above normal in temperature at all. I check the hoses....and they are both warm...as they should be. So my question is, can a thermostat get stuck and then become unstuck?
  
  Bonus question: should I just go ahead and change it out if it is possible...because it is likely to happen again?
• bases_loaded

  

  wes_mantooth;820459 wrote:Last night my car overheated so instantly I figured it was thermostat that got stuck closed. I didn't feel like pissing with it because it was late so I let it sit till this morning when it was a little cooler to work on things. Anyhow, I picked up a thermostat and was going to change it out this today.
  
  So I decide to double check this morning...so I start up the car and run it for about 20 mins.....nothing. Never raised above normal in temperature at all. I check the hoses....and they are both warm...as they should be. So my question is, can a thermostat get stuck and then become unstuck?
  
  Bonus question: should I just go ahead and change it out if it is possible...because it is likely to happen again?

  
  Bang the store managers daughters
• wes_mantooth

  

  bases_loaded;820463 wrote:Bang the store managers daughters

  
  tried that...and the son as well. Still won't work.
• ytownfootball

  

  Thermostat is the cheapest attempt at a quick fix, so if you can change it easily do it.
  
  Just went through overheating issues for the last couple weeks, ended up being a radiator swap, still an easy fix but more expensive. Might need to check your coolant potency too.
• oletiger

  Who upper decked the over flow bottle?
• THE4RINGZ

  

  I have fucked over a hundred thermostats hotter than that one.
• said_aouita

  

  We can offer more sarcastic comments if we knew the make and model of the car.
• hoops23

  

  said_aouita;820571 wrote:We can offer more sarcastic comments if we knew the make and model of the car.

  
  Here's a picture of Mantooth next to the vehicle in question.
  
  
• wes_mantooth

  

  Haha....fuck you guys, I fixed it without your douchebaggery!