"3rd & Long" <defense@sec.fb> wrote in
news:hcvm58$kbo$1@news.albasani.net:

> "Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote in message
> news:Xns9CBA64AD49C93tegger@208.90.168.18...
>> Gene Wagenbreth <genewxxx@isi-OS4> wrote in
>> news:hcsheg$33m@venera.isi.edu:
>>
>>
>> Sure does sound like a sticking thermostat. I'll bet it's crappy
>> aftermarket, too.
>>
>> The heater feed is independent of the thermostat, so it will work
>> even when
>> the engine is cold and the thermostat is closed.
>>
>> Try a new OEM Honda thermostat. About $40 or so and worth every
>> penny.
>>
>
> I doubt Honda manufactures their own thermostats



They don't. The ones I see are made by Nippon Thermostat, are marked
"NTCL", and are of superlative quality.



> -- instead buying
> them from one of the high quality specialty manufacturers-- as they do
> for so many parts and subassemblies of the car.
>
> Why not just buy a high quality well designed/manufactured aftermarket
> part -- not just some Big Box POS-- and save the extra dough?
>


Because OEM is built to Honda's exacting and stringent specs. Aftermarket,
even from the same manufacturer as the OEM stuff, is built to be cheap.

Aftermarket is crap, and aftermarket thermostats are crappy. There is no
acceptably "high quality" aftermarket thermostat available for Hondas.
Anything other than OEM is a step down.


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Tegger

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