How much for a new one and how long (ie how much) for a garage to fit it? Anything that should be considered when changing it. Im getting coolant flush at same time. Where is the best place to get one? Renault genuine ones ok?
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Williams Thermostat
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How much for a new one and how long (ie how much) for a garage to fit it? Anything that should be considered when changing it. Im getting coolant flush at same time. Where is the best place to get one? Renault genuine ones ok?
Why a low temp one? What advatages does it hold? Surely it just detects at a lower temp and allows coolant into rad at lower temp? Will that allow engine to run cooler? Doesnt make sense to me. Surely once oil is up to temp its irrelevant if thermostat is low temp or not?
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Replacing the thermostat yourself is a really easy job, doesnt require any specialist equipment or knowledge. I got a genuine Renault one when I changed mine and its fine.
I dont know why youd really want a low temp thermostat unless you regularly thrash your car for prolonged periods of time or if its heavily tuned and gets hotter. For normal everyday driving all I can see it doing is causing the cooling system (and hence engine) to take longer to warm up which is far more damaging than the effects of mild overheating. If you never have overheating problems, then I wouldnt bother.
Stromba if its anything like mine, then it overheats alot in traffic....
Specially over the Summer mine was getting hot all the time....Im still deciding whether to get the low temp thermostat...or to just go for the swtich that they do http://bbperformancetuning.co.uk/products/product.asp?deptid=97&id=233http://bbperformancetuning.co.uk/products/product.asp?deptid=97&id=233
Why is ren coolant superior to other coolants?
Is that true? Do i ask for Williams coolant? What if i used normal coolant with an anti corrosion additive like Water Wetter?
water wetter isnt a corrosion inhibitor, it relieves the surface tension of the water increasing its heat transfer coefficient.
Its not willy coolant either, its just pre mixed renault coolant which is top stuff, the regular blue mix stuffis fine but gets murky really quick with the iron blocks.
You dont have to use it if you dont want to, in the short term its not life or death. But isnt your willy 100% gen Ren?
Like Ben says, go to Renault and buy the premix coolant. Will either be Type C or D, cant remember off the top of my head. There is no such thing as Williams coolant! (pmsl!!!), your car isnt that special!. Its just a bog standard 2L engine!
You also dont need a low temp stat, unless you think your car is running too hot, which probably means there is another problem somewhere if it is.
Engines operate more efficiently when they are hotter (but not too hot). Best to keep a stock thermostat unless you are holding the engine at high rpm for long periods (which I doubt very much).
renault premixed coolant is green. ask fot type d although i think thats all thats avaliable now anyway. A low temp theremostat would probably help to keep the engine cooler for a while but once its up to full temp then the theremostat is open(standard thermostat would be open as well at this temp) so i cant see what you would gain. A lower temp fan switch would be more beneficial espicially when stood in traffic.
I agree with Barry
keep the standard stats and switches in...
as long as the rad and pipes etc are all clean and the coolant has been regulary changes and flushed there is no reason to use lower temp items.. on a road car at least.... (IMO) I use standard stats in my cars! athough my 5 GTT does have an additional oil cooler (but thats cus she is not very standard!!!)
the rad should have a "cooling reserve" for want of a better expression so when driving hard it can still keep it all in check...
many people forget to bleed the coolant on a clio as well...!
the only reason for additional cooling is for high revving cars when the temp does go up and extra oil coolers and larger rads are needed to keep it all in check...
like barry says if the temps are getting out of control there is usually a problem.... the clio rads are now getting a little old so worth getting it all flushed and if in doubt change the rad... especially if there was lots of sludge in the cooling system....
any questions guys, drop me a line....
Andy
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