boxer.fan

I am replacing my thermastat because I think that its bad. The gauge never moved up more that a hair over cold. I grounded the sensor wire and the gauge works, checked the resistance on the sensor itself and its good so im changing the thermastat. What temp is OEM? I read the FSM and says that Opens @ 190 and the guy at the parts store gave me a 180. Should I go back and get the 190? I live in So.Cal and its my daily driver. I drive about 35miles in traffic oneway and 35 no traffic. Also he gave me the paper gasket, should I have the one that is rubber and fits around the thermastat itself???

Thanks.

thook

What's the vehicle you're working on? 22re? 3vze?

boxer.fan

Sorry, its 22re. It has 119k and no A/C.

myyota

You need the gasket that goes around the thermostat, not the paper one. If the thermostat doesn`t fix the problem the try replacing the temp gauge sending unit, they can go bad and cause the gauge to not read right, i had this happen to me and a new sending unit fixed the problem.