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.
The thermostat is bad. You can tell because of the crusting outside the housing, it lets you know where it is leaking and it seems to be leaking despite the gasket and housing not being cracked. So that is a pressure leak, my friend (meaning most likely it was the coolant control valve). I would have replaced the thermostat anyway, the gasket is hard to find on its own but it looks good. You can drop a Motorad 204-180 thermostat for $4 and problem solved. Beck Arnley is a little better and includes a gasket for $22. Mixing the antifreeze is not recommended. Japanese cars use blue or green POAT type. The control valve is right there.
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
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.
Questions: What gauges in modern cars that did not move, your Mazda CX5 has a temp gauge? WHERE??!! 2nd question, where in Pahrump did you visit that made you say... wow, what a nice town?! Good place to be from. Why??!! LOL
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.
2015 mazda 5 - the issue is heat when driving at SOME times...standstill gets cold. Think its thermostat but the job is $300 !! but and thermostat is only $35. Why did they make it like this???/
The hard part is finding the thermostat gasket but you can buy a compatible thermostat from Motorad for $4 for that car. Some manufacturers include de gasket but then it costs like $21 (Beck Arnley /Mahle, etc.)
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 🙏🏼
The thermostat is bad. You can tell because of the crusting outside the housing, it lets you know where it is leaking and it seems to be leaking despite the gasket and housing not being cracked. So that is a pressure leak, my friend (meaning most likely it was the coolant control valve). I would have replaced the thermostat anyway, the gasket is hard to find on its own but it looks good. You can drop a Motorad 204-180 thermostat for $4 and problem solved. Beck Arnley is a little better and includes a gasket for $22. Mixing the antifreeze is not recommended. Japanese cars use blue or green POAT type. The control valve is right there.
Pretty well explained, thanks.
Perfect video ❤
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
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.
Questions: What gauges in modern cars that did not move, your Mazda CX5 has a temp gauge? WHERE??!! 2nd question, where in Pahrump did you visit that made you say... wow, what a nice town?! Good place to be from. Why??!! LOL
Do you think this video applies to Mazda CX 30 2021
Did you ever have the intake valves carbon cleaned?
Petrol or diesel
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!
2015 mazda 5 - the issue is heat when driving at SOME times...standstill gets cold. Think its thermostat but the job is $300 !! but and thermostat is only $35. Why did they make it like this???/
The hard part is finding the thermostat gasket but you can buy a compatible thermostat from Motorad for $4 for that car. Some manufacturers include de gasket but then it costs like $21 (Beck Arnley /Mahle, etc.)
now im no mechanic but couldnt you get to it from underneath? instead of removing one side of the engine bay?