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This was great. Not a mechanic at all. This made it straight forward and simple. Took me only an hour and that was with interrupting kids and searching for tools. Thanks for this video

AWESOME TUTORIAL. I SKIPPED THE PLASTIC COVER removal and used a large mechanic plastic to catch the spilled antifreeze. Also the higher you raise the hose the more liquid is pushed out. So keep it low.

I’ve watched several videos on doing this and this one is by far the best. Every step was covered .. thank you

Perfect video. This really helped. I didn't take out the plastic under, i place a small bucket in a strategic location and i collected almost all of the dripping coolant

HOLYCOW!! I have changed thermostats on cars from 1959 to 2000, they all took 5 min. and a $5 thermostat.

Great video - short, but thorough. I did mine today. I followed all your steps except I didn't remove that black plastic cover from under the van. All the fluid found it's way to the pan. Thanks.

Ahh so informative and love the "oh shjt" there. Ive never done q thing on a car but given i cant afford to pay someone to do it i feel confident i got this. Watched this about 20 times and have all the tools laid out

Absolutely an amazing video. Very well done. My 2013 popped this code yesterday and I wondered if I could do this job. I have “some” mechanical skills, but they are related to older vehicles. I’m confident that I’ll be able to do this job. Again, thanks for the amazing vid.

Appreciate the vid, BUT there is an easier way! 2 bolts only: loosen the bleeder plug on top of stat housing with a screwdriver, it will start leaking coolant so have a pan ready. Let it leak out for about 10 minutes. Take a 10mm on a socket and remove the BOTTOM bolt first so it doesnt dump hot coolant on your hand, then remove the top bolt and the housing will be free. Bend up the hose so the housing is now above the power steering reservoir. Replace the stat innards (usually whats off the shelf at the parts store) by using the toilet paper looking tube to push on the retainer ring and turning clockwise. The clip and spring will come out and the disk will pull out. Put new disk in pellet out, and put spring on it as the old one was. Use the tube again to push the clip down onto the spring compressing it enough to line up the tabs in the retainer, turn CCW to lock it in. now you can bend the hose down again and it will line right up. Start top, then bottom and tighten them both snug only as this is a plastic piece and there is an O-ring as a seal. Easy! Pour coolant back in until it starts to come out loose plug, then tighten plug and fill rad to max, start and refill again. Put cap back on and top off reservoir. DONE

This is a GREAT VIDEO. Thanks a lot. I followed this video and was able to replace my Thermostat with no problem. Saved me some money by being able to do it myself. Great job.

This video was great. Only thing I’ve ever done on a car is change the tire and vacuum. Lol. Took me about 1.5 hours (removing and replacing the plastic housing significantly increased labour/frustration/time) but I was able to easily follow the steps. It helped that you were so specific with what would be needed, too! Thanks!!

Worst part of this was removing the cover from underneath the engine. Otherwise it was simple thanks to your video ! Thank you !

Very helpful. Clear. Concise. Well edited. ...What else could you ask for in a video like this. Thanks!

You have a 10 mm socketMake sure your buddy doesn’t get a hold of that that’s a unicorn on a sidenote this video is well done thank you

Good video. Not to long and straight to the point

Great video. Short and to the point, but you made sure all the important information was included.

Used this video yesterday. Made it possible it at all. Thank you for putting in the work to make and share it. Much appreciated!

Thanks for the video, very helpful. At least the thermostat housing is made out of plastic these days, so that's good. And thanks for putting the spark plugs UNDERNEATH the F-ing intake manifold too. Good job Chrysler! 👏

Got it all removed and ready for when part arrives thanks to this. Only thing is a ridged adjustable wrench is easier to use to pry off the thermostat vs vise wrench

I just bought a 2012 Chrysler T&C with 120k miles. Brought my code reader and it didn’t throw anything while I was checking it out. Check engine light came on while I was driving it home (of course), and it was for a bad thermostat. Had a shop quote me $150 to do this. Bought the part for $15 from local O’Riley’s, and had it installed within 20min thanks to your video! I just skipped taking off that plastic piece, though. Thanks for the awesome video!!

Thanks!. Been putting this off for a week. Glad you showed how simple it was

great video, to the point without all the BS

Hey, step 7 and 1/2: remember to check that you have the gasket on the new thermostat....

You are a talented instructor and have an excellent demo!!

Word of advice, pouring coolant onto a serpentine belt will ruin it in most cases, the coolant will wick in and it will fail sooner rather than later, you often will hear it start to squeal, so it's always a good idea to remove the belt, or have a new one on hand and replace as form of preventative maintenance.

I don't have any Dodge, but really excited this video

Thanks for the help. I fixed my wife's 2017 Grand Caravan SXT for less than $100 with the coolant. I got lazy and decided to skip the part about removing the plastic fairings. Bad idea; I had a big mess to clean after. very easy to follow. Thank you!

A gentleman among dads. I tip my dad hat to you.

Estos son los videos que valen oro! concisos y al punto te ganaste un like de parte de mia!

awesome video, my check engine light just came on and this helped a lot appreciate you sharing this

So the pin inside the old thermostat blew off and busted a hole straight through the thermostat housing. What would cause this to happen? The video was a huge help BTW.

I kept the plastic shield in place to act as a funnel to my bucket. No mess.

Excellent video. Simple and well-rounded.

Thanks very much for this.

Thanks, just ordered the thermo through your link.

Thanks for the vid. Two things: 1, there's a drain plug for the radiator on the driver's side that will save a lot of mess, it lets you drain the system and you don't have to remove any plastic covers. Just slide a bin right under it, unscrew it, and make sure to remove the radiator cap so that the suction doesn't keep it from draining. See 30:27 on this video for what that looks like kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMqRe8molb3NaJs.html 2 - this might go without saying, but check the owner's manual for the amount of coolant to add. The 2016 Caravan I was working on calls for 13.4 quarts, over 3 gallons of coolant, so a one-gallon thing of coolant isn't enough! Okay, three things - bleeding the lines is important. The one I worked on overheated AFTER putting the new thermostat in, when it didn't overheat even on the busted thermostat beforehand. It was air in the system. I bled the lines like this video showed, but I also got some air out by taking the radiator cap off and filling it up, then getting the engine up to temperature (it bubbled out air) then cutting it off and letting it cool, topping it off again and then getting it up to temperature, etc., something I got from this thread: www.vwvortex.com/threads/changed-thermostat-now-car-overheats.5849560/ Afterwards (and after adding more coolant) it ran fine without overheating. Hope this helps.

Nice video but,,,,, Everyone makes a mess of their garage floor or driveway by pulling the t-stat housing off while anti freeze is still in the system. I didn't want to make a mess of everything so with a little extra time 10-15 minutes you can do it and only loose 1/4 to 1/2 cup of fluid instead of about 1/2 gallon. First, I went to Auto Zone and bought a manual fluid transfer pump ( approx. $ 6.00 ) then I went to Harbor Freight and bought a scratch awl set ( approx. $ 9.00 ) . The awl set has a long and short 90 deg. bend awls in it. Now,,, after you get everything out of the way and are ready to remove the t-stat bolts, get an empty jug, ( I used an empty one gallon anti freeze jug ) take the radiator cap off and with a little manipulating you can get the suction hose of the transfer pump about 12-14 inches down into the radiator tank. Pump out all the anti freeze you can. Then remove the hose from the top of the radiator. ( the one that goes down to the t-stat ) This is where the bent scratch awl comes in. If the hose doesn't move when you try to wiggle it use the smaller awl and work it under the hose to break it free from the radiator. The reason for the awl is that with everything being plastic you don't want to put channel locks on the hoses to try and break it free possibly cracking the radiator outlet tube. Once the hose is loose, pull it off and hold it up so that you don't loose any fluid. Shove the suction hose of the pump down into the hose ( it will go all the way down to the t-stat ) now suction out all of the fluid you can ( all together I got about 1/2 gallon in total out ) . Now remove the t-stat bolts and you can take the hose and t-stat out of the engine area. Makes it much easier to remove and reinstall the new stat. After I was done I started the engine and slowly poured all the anti freeze back in. It may sound like a lot but it is not. The extra time spent doing this more than makes up for cleaning up 1/2 gal. of anti freeze. Took 2 hours start to finish.

awesome video very nicely edited too!

Brilliant, thank you.

Very nice! Surprisingly easy fix!

Bleed the coolant with the bleeder valve on the right side of the radiator. No need to jack the car, no need to remove anything underneath.

Great video! I appreciate your tutorial!

Thanks!

Great tutorial, thanks for the help.

Thanks a lot!!! It really helped!!!

It worked!!! Thank you.

That was fairly easy. New thermost installed and reset the computer. Not faults

Could you just leave the bleeder valve open till all the bubbles are out ? Instead of opening and closing ??

Great video brother… thanks

Hello, can you describe where that bleeder bolt is (the one you loosen to let the air bleed from the system)?

Sweet beautiful explanation Thank you 👍

Thank you! Easy peasy!!!

Thank you

Question: what happens to the check engine light? It has thrown a code and put the light on...will the code reset itself after 3 or 4 restarts or will I need to have it electronically erased?

Perfect! Thanks Pal!

..excellent!

Thanks man!

So I got it all installed to the last step. While car still running after 5 mins I turned the bleeder screw and got some high pressure squirting coming out. Tightened it back down and screw broke! Squirting fountain. Unreal. Have to start all over with new part. Is bleeding while engine running ok??

Can this cause the cooling fan to not run?

Did you drain the rad

Very well done, clear and concise.

What if I cant get under the van? Can I take a few hard turns and shake the coolant off the plastic cover?

its ok to use any brand of coolant ? or it ok to mixed the Valvoline Multi-Vehicle 50/50 Prediluted Ready-to-Use Antifreeze/Coolant 1 GA to my existing coolant

Great video! Just popped the code an hour ago on the way home. I'm gonna buy OEM since I hear some people say the Dorman cracked while replacing. Do you really think the fluid transfer is necessary? How often do you bleed the system during the 5-10 minutes of engine running?

don't really need to remove the cover.

do you need remove the tire? also what color is the coolant for caravan?

I have a problem with my 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan. The passenger-side heater is stuck on high, even when it's turned off. Is this an expensive repair?

is there not a drain valve on the radiator?

Nice Video..after replacing the thermostat. do you need to reset the check emgine light? or does it go away by itself?

At the end do you close the knob? Or keep it open? After being done

My thermostat came fully dissasembled...any ideas?

How much coolant do you need to replace after the process

No gasket or sealant needed?

Using that bleeder screw does nothing when u have the cap off the radiator 🤷🏼‍♂️

Waaay too complicated approach. Other videos show you how to do that without removing the air filter.

No thanks I'll pay 200 bucks and take it somewhere lol

Hey nice video I'm doing it now from the comments I've noticed You do not need to take the underneath plastic off. There is a bleeder valve on the right side of the radiator. It may take more than 1 gallon to fill. May over heat if not bleed properly. Anything else you could add? Thank you