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thesk8nmidget
12-07-2007, 10:55 PM
http://i8.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/8a/d2/8a55_1.JPG

will this work? it looks different than the ones already in the housing.


does anyone have a thermostat for sale?

its for my 96 (m44)
aceyx
12-07-2007, 10:59 PM
M42?
thesk8nmidget
12-07-2007, 11:01 PM
my bad m44
Will'sBimmer
12-08-2007, 12:28 AM
i am pretty sure that thermostat in the picture will not work. It looks like my dad's M3 thermostat.
thesk8nmidget
12-08-2007, 01:54 AM
yeah i thought so too it doesnt have those clips that hold it to the housing
adempster1
12-08-2007, 04:54 AM
1998 TI M44, I changed ine last year and the Thermostat was part of the housing
mohaughn
12-08-2007, 07:56 PM
Just changed my thermostat. The one on the M42 looks like that. They are cheap though, like 15$ new at a parts store. I even think the local dealer had it at that cheap of a price.
aceyx
12-08-2007, 08:29 PM
About a year ago, I paid $17 or so for my M44 thermostat and housing from Pelican. Not sure why it's $45 now, but I'd shoot Ed (bimmerbum) an email.
cali-ti
12-08-2007, 08:36 PM
$35 @ autohausaz.com.

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=ovgtsd55uic3je55ufbixyyv&makeid=800003@BMW&modelid=1011452@318TI&year=1996&cid=16@Cooling%20System&gid=2200@Thermostat
thesk8nmidget
12-08-2007, 08:58 PM
thanks cali thats the cheapest one new i have seen so far.
mohaughn
12-10-2007, 02:01 AM
wow.. That plastic housing looks like it would cause problems. I wonder if you could use the housing and thermostat off of an M42. Then you would have an aluminum housing that doesn't have to be replaced. You just replace the thermostat. I didn't think BMW used plastic housings any more after the problems that the old 635 and 7 series would have with the thermostat housing breaking.. Learn something new every day.