Thermostat Replacement on a Mazda CX5
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2022
- The wife's 2013 Mazda CX-5 has been oozing cooling from the thermostat housing ever since it got a bit warm on a blast through Death Valley last June at 75 mph with the AC cranking. Time to replace the thermostat and gasket on the 2.0 liter SkyActiv engine and make a repair.
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Thank you so much for this video!!
Here in the central valley of Northern California, the summertime temperatures get up to 100 to 110°F easily during the summer. When the air conditioning in our MX 5 was not working well my wife took it into the dealership and they said oh you might be leaking Freon so they recharged it and charged us $150. That did not help so we took it back and they did something else and charged us another $150. My wife realized that the dash on her car said 10°F. She looked up what that meant and the car was reading ambient outside temperature to be 10°F when it was 100 out. The owners manual said that it took the ambient temperature from a sensor in front of the radiator. The air conditioner won’t work if it sees outside temp is low!!! It doesn’t believe the occupants but rather it’s sensors? Really?
I ordered the part. $40 Getting to the sensor is way to difficult.
But thanks for the video.
Thankyou for sharing mine CX-5 16000 miles got same issue 🙏🏼
Pretty well explained, thanks.
Later Mazdas have coolant control valves, which have had a lot of problems(ask me how I know). The entire right side of the engine bay has to be gutted, in order to replace it. Mine was replaced under warranty. Without a warranty, plan on spending $1200-$1400 for the repair.
I smell coolant on the passenger side of my hood after driving. I probably have a leak somewhere but I don’t see anything leaking. I did feel the radiator up a little so I’m losing coolant. I don’t know but I’ll change the fluid and change the thermostat soon. Thanks for the video
Did you ever have the intake valves carbon cleaned?
My step daughter brought her car to the service center for a check engine light and they want $950 to replace the thermostat. The other mechanic done the block said he can do it for $295. Do you think it should be done by the dealership or is this something a regular mechanic can handle.
If it's just a thermostat replacement that is something a "normal" mechanic can handle just fine. I've replaced thermostats on several car brands and it's not a hard job to do.
That's a lot fir a thermostat ..crazy I'd never pay that i do it myself
Sorry to reply so late. As you see in the video, I don't think it's all that hard of a job, and I'm an idiot. Hope it worked out well for youi!
now im no mechanic but couldnt you get to it from underneath? instead of removing one side of the engine bay?