Am I going to be paying more for "OEM" from the dealer when I can buy MotoRad thermostats from rockauto for cheap?

 

If the Motorad T-Stat from Rockauto has the bleed hole with a pin in it, go for it. If not, spend the few extra pennies to get the Mopar T-Stat.

Weigh out the shipping cost for RA with a local dealer pick up cost.

 

I was going to buy a Mopar thermostat because my Stant Superstat has been causing temp fluctuations in cold weather. But then I saw on a thread that the dealer are selling MotoRad under the Mopar name.

This is the MotoRad Premium one, looks like a jiggle valve at the front of the pic:

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/more...698&cc=1180178



This one look similar to the one the Jeep dealers are selling now?

 

Can't tell from that pic but the rockauto description says it has a "Jiggle Valve".

What I said earlier was to do a price comparison between rockauto + its shipping rate, and the pick-up price at the dealer.

 

That doesn't look exactly like the Motorads they are selling at the dealership now. The one I have from the dealership has a jiggle valve and does not have the "triple bridge" design. It says Motorad on the back.

 

Yeah I took a look into that, rockauto would be only like $15 total for the thermostat and shipping, even online the prices for the Mopar thermostat start at $18-$20 without shipping.

I'm not as concerned with price as I am with getting a quality thermostat that will maintain my engine temp in colder weather. Seems like my Stant is slow to respond.

This is the other style MotoRad offers, the standard version (Part # 200-195) looks like this, which doesn't appear to have the jiggle valve.



Thanks for the help guys

 

Someone needs to buy a factory stat from the dealer and then pirate any info they can from the actual part in the box.

 

Here ya go, just picked one up the other day from the dealership. Has MotoRad on the side like said.....

 

Another pic, made in israel

 

Oy vay!!

Thanks for the pics!! Any numbers on it?

I'll take something from Israel before something made in Asia by WunHungLo and his compadres.

 

No problem! Where would the numbers be stamped? All I noticed was the 195 stamped at end. Ill look again.

 

IDK. Should be obvious. Glad you hadn't installed it yet!!

What was the price at the dealer?

 

Looky here what I just found!!

http://s278152577.onlinehome.us/Link...adResponds.pdf

 

Yeah, me too....lol. These are the only numbers that I see on it. This is that number in the one pic, 13-18058/0
Payed $23 for it at the dealer

 

Found this also!!

http://www.motoradhd.com/MotoRad%20H...ange%20-OE.pdf

4001-95 is the same as 52028186
4001-80 is the same as 83502426