Replacing Thermostat on 1998-2002 Honda Accord

[@DELOS13]

My 98 Accord shuts off while driving for about 15mins or so but there's no indication of overheating on the dashboard gauge. Is that a sign that the thermostat is no good or when it's no good, the gauge acutally marks overheat? Thanks

[@mnhattar]

Few things that could cause this, the distributor, the ignition switch starting to go bad, or the EFI main relay. the relay is the first thing I would try to replace because it’s s cheap, the distributor is expensive, I wouldn’t try an aftermarket rebuilt, Hondas don't like them. if it is the ignition switch, just jiggle the key while the car is running, if it dies just replace the switch and that is much cheaper than the distributor....Good luck!

[@DELOS13]

@@mnhattar 2 months ago I had the switch problem and replaced, It's a common issue with Honda accord. All was good until 2 weeks when it was shutting off. Yes the more research I keep doing, the more it's leading to the distributor and yes it is expensive. Thanks for the reply and your help

[@tomasbrito685]

Always do the simple things first .my car also randomly turned off on me. It turned out i just had really dirty battery terminals and all i did was clean them and my car was working again. Also i replaced my distributor(when needed) with one that i bought from amazon.very simple replacement.

[@DELOS13]

@@tomasbrito685 I replaced the cap and still had the problem. Come to find out, it was the fule pump relay. Dug a little more and it's a very common thing on Hondas. It's perfect now, hasn't turn off at all since

[@nickd1961]

My 98 Odyssey shut off randomly it turned out to be the keys. I had two new keys cut months ago, problem solved.

[@brucemaier3943]

That one lower left 10 MM under the thermostat housing unit was a real pain! Thanks for putting this video up. You help a lot of people.

[@Ottonic6]

Make sure you line up the 2 indexing pins on the thermostat with the indents on the housing when installing. Didn't hear you mention it. Though I couldn't hear a lot of what you said. Thank you for the video.

[@mnhattar]

Thank you Dano C.! i might have forgot to mention it.

[@sarriola18]

This was a very useful video. Thank you!

[@playnotescolorful]

Thanks for sharing this! Fixed mines watching. 👍

[@amgadmikhaeil9776]

***Thank you so so much!!! I really appreciate you posting this helpful video! Clear instruction and nice quality. You saved me $100 lol. +My car was overheating only when idle, so I changed the thermostat ($10). Then, it worked perfectly! Thank you again!

[@kenmanatt3112]

I'm going to attempt this tonight. Thanks

[@wallanderproductions]

Thanks guys just changed mine out. Appreciate the video

[@qubicracks6386]

thanks for the video. i could actually see what youre doing. subscribed and thumbs up. now i feel confident to attempt myself.

[@mnhattar]

Thank you! please share with us how it went when you replace yours

[@MrKiet76]

I'm glad honda made it easy to reach but it's a back breaking work tho! Next 3yr we should have new ninja turtle coming out of the sewer with all that green ooze gushing out of there haha

[@slimmm723]

Forgot a major step...drain the coolant

[@ericarcher3297]

What's the best way to drain the coolant?

[@wallanderproductions]

I just did it and only a liter of coolant came out

[@danielhipp5541]

Hell, I think he did drain it

[@socksonfeet8125]

Just got one of these, even though you didn't explain how to bleed it, I assume its these steps, correct me if I'm wrong. Fill up the radiator with coolant, close the radiator cap, open the bleed valve, run the car, let it warm up, once its pressurized coolant will come out from the bleeder valve, close the valve with car still running, turn off car, let car cool down, check radiator level at the cap, fill as needed. Once the radiator is filled up, do I need to redo all the steps to bleed it once more, or is that one bleed fine?

[@franciscofrodrigueza5013]

TAKE YOUR TIME !!! ALSO CHECK THE HEATER HOSE UNDER THE HOUSING ,CAUSE II CHECKED IT I WAS ABLE TO NOTICE THE HOSE WAS WEAK ABOUT TO BRAKE THE SAVE ME TIME MONEY YOU DO THE SAME TRUST ME DOUBLE CHECK

[@franciscofrodrigueza5013]

DONT FORGET TO BLEED THE COOLANT SYSTEM

[@mnhattar]

Thanks for watching, if you like this video please like Share and subscribe

[@apacalyptic1freelancevideo823]

the radiator hose could of being a cleaner cut

[@ToryOnMyLevel]

What tools did you use for this

[@apacalyptic1freelancevideo823]

Hammer

[@stevevang5622]

What about once installed and theres no heat what to look for or fix next if thats the case

[@trevorrogers6672]

Heater core

[@tomasbrito685]

One question. When removing the radiator tube from the thermostat. I saw on the middle of the tube there was a thin grey tube wrapping around it. Where does it go? I took it to a mech and i noticed this tube was not connected just hanging.

[@tomasbrito685]

I think the grey tube is below the distributor and above the starter.

[@Theideaman]

My thermostat didn't come with a new gasket??

[@apacalyptic1freelancevideo823]

hand tighten first dont want to strip them threads add some thread sealant dont want to become loose on that journey to work or sthf days

[@watch6058]

Any idea on that rad hose not getting warm the upper hose is hot at operating temp but the lower never gets warm...

[@braydensfeedingfrenzy4909]

Can anyone redirect me to a video that will help me replace the thermostat housing? I was replacing mine and the housing cracked.🤦‍♂️

[@apacalyptic1freelancevideo823]

change that hose clampp to oem tension clamp

[@apacalyptic1freelancevideo823]

change the hose never can be too safe out there

[@apacalyptic1freelancevideo823]

skip that exrra cup of java . damn

[@coltonzelkin2694]

dont hondas take blue coolant

[@Birdsofparadiselost]

Ya

[@honestabe1940]

Had to stop watching. It made me feel like I was on 5 cans of RedBull!