Check out my thermostat!
Check out my thermostat!
This is what my thermostat looked like when I opened up the housing. Anyone seen this before? The car would never warm up, I thought it may not have even had a thermostat in it. When I finally had a chance to open it up to replace it, this is what I found.
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic, but you get the idea...
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Re: Check out my thermostat!
The piece is busted in two, cell phone pics are fine for something like that. Not like we are trying to see what kind of connector that is deep in the dash.48230M5 wrote:
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic, but you get the idea...
I had one that looked like Charles example.
FYI- a couple years back after my rebuild I had a leak at the thermostat housing so ordered new o-ring and thermostat from Pelican Parts.
I got the stat and started to replace it and when i pulled the existing stat out the new one was not the same.
I looked for pictures and could see something was not right.
I contacted Pelican and of course were confident it was correct and they had not had any returns.
The stat they sent would fit in the housing but would be backwards.
I ordered one from Bav Auto (in stock) and it was the correct one.
I talked to Pelican again and told them what was happening.
I took some photos showing the difference and sent them to the owner and he in turn sent them to his supplier and a week later he called me and said the supplier discovered that the stat was miss packaged and was actually a 535 stat.
The amazing thing was he had sold 5-6 stats the last year and none came back. Someone is running around with an upside down 535 stat in their M5.
FYI- a couple years back after my rebuild I had a leak at the thermostat housing so ordered new o-ring and thermostat from Pelican Parts.
I got the stat and started to replace it and when i pulled the existing stat out the new one was not the same.
I looked for pictures and could see something was not right.
I contacted Pelican and of course were confident it was correct and they had not had any returns.
The stat they sent would fit in the housing but would be backwards.
I ordered one from Bav Auto (in stock) and it was the correct one.
I talked to Pelican again and told them what was happening.
I took some photos showing the difference and sent them to the owner and he in turn sent them to his supplier and a week later he called me and said the supplier discovered that the stat was miss packaged and was actually a 535 stat.
The amazing thing was he had sold 5-6 stats the last year and none came back. Someone is running around with an upside down 535 stat in their M5.
I had the same thing happen last March/April, though I had bought the Stat from Zygmunt. It was clearly wrong when I went to swap out the bad one in the car. It would fit reversed, but that just wasn't right.M5BB wrote: ....I got the stat and started to replace it and when i pulled the existing stat out the new one was not the same......
I forget who I re-ordered the correct item from, I think it was BavAuto? I never bothered with a return/refund, just put the extra stat in my box o'extracrapImayormaynotuse.....
I had intended to replace mine almost 3 years ago and even ordered a new one back when someone we won't mention was still in business, actually just before the whole relationship went sour. I got all the hoses and such from him Ok and everything was fine but the T-stat was wrong and I guessed it was a 535 one. I was not going to put it in backwards or anything like that so I set it aside in case I ever needed one for the other car and just re-used the t-stat from the M6 thinking it was working OK anyway. It failed just a month or two ago but I think it was an original 20+ year old one. So maybe that wrong t-stat I've still got in the spare parts bin was an honest mistake all along.
can I use that "extracrapImayormaynotuse" line to label my cabinet of stuff
can I use that "extracrapImayormaynotuse" line to label my cabinet of stuff
That sounds dangerous. I would do it as well, except if my wife saw that as a label, she would grab the garbage can.tn535i wrote:can I use that "extracrapImayormaynotuse" line to label my cabinet of stuff
After I put the garbage can back, I ask her if she's lost. This isn't the kitchen. Where's my sammich?
kidding.
Sounds like the same vendor. I can't seem to find the letter or email with the brand name.MicahO wrote:I had the same thing happen last March/April, though I had bought the Stat from Zygmunt. It was clearly wrong when I went to swap out the bad one in the car. It would fit reversed, but that just wasn't right.M5BB wrote: ....I got the stat and started to replace it and when i pulled the existing stat out the new one was not the same......
I forget who I re-ordered the correct item from, I think it was BavAuto? I never bothered with a return/refund, just put the extra stat in my box o'extracrapImayormaynotuse.....
Here's a photo I sent showing the M5 stat on the right.
It's funny all these years later to discover that others have had the same problem with multiple vendors.
Those t-stats are not interchangeable.M5BB wrote:Sounds like the same vendor. I can't seem to find the letter or email with the brand name.MicahO wrote:I had the same thing happen last March/April, though I had bought the Stat from Zygmunt. It was clearly wrong when I went to swap out the bad one in the car. It would fit reversed, but that just wasn't right.M5BB wrote: ....I got the stat and started to replace it and when i pulled the existing stat out the new one was not the same......
I forget who I re-ordered the correct item from, I think it was BavAuto? I never bothered with a return/refund, just put the extra stat in my box o'extracrapImayormaynotuse.....
Here's a photo I sent showing the M5 stat on the right.
It's funny all these years later to discover that others have had the same problem with multiple vendors.
Mine looked the same; I'll look at the box this weekend and check the branding and part number labeling. When it happened I didn't bother checking much, didn't even look at the part number sticker. I just thought "Crap, they sent me a 535 Stat." Of course, that was *after* I had popped the old one off and drained the system. So I put it back together with the bad stat for another week or two. Then when I finally got the right stat I put it in and it didn't seal, so I had to do it a third time. I got good at swapping tstats! Practice makes perfect!M5BB wrote:Here's a photo I sent showing the M5 stat on the right.
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It's funny all these years later to discover that others have had the same problem with multiple vendors.
I had other orders cooking at the time for other sensors and tune up parts (this was right after I got the car and was troubleshooting what turned out to be a bad TPS), so I just added a stat to one of those.
No - definitely not interchangable - but they fit, even seal, when put in backwards. Scary, but there are probably people out there running them.demetk wrote:Those t-stats are not interchangeable.
Quick edit - here's a picture of the wrong tstat I was sent (on the left). It's a Behr and the box is labelled with the right (wrong) PN. The old tstat that I never threw out is on the right with the box from the correct Wahler replacement from BavAuto.
I'd agree with that. My Wahler was from BavAuto last spring. The wrong Behr was also last spring from Zygmunt. Bavauto seems the most reliable from this thread, though Pelican has always been great for customer service - call them and verify what they've got on hand, *before* they ship.M5BB wrote:I would think by now that Pelican has gotten the correct stats.
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I'm putting together a parts list now for him and this'll be on it,John in VA wrote:Steve's prices & service are exceptional - been buying from him for years. Hopefully he could find out the brand before you buy.1st 5er wrote:Anybody try BluntTech.com?
as I plan to totally refresh the cooling system on the ///M5 prior to The V and RTT trip.
I've never gotten a wrong part from him.
His prices, service, and giving back to the community, I'll add and agree, are exceptional.
Numbers please !!!!!!
What is the correct part number for M thermostat?