Hey everyone, I've been putting off replacing my t-stat housing for a little bit now, in search of something "better" in theory. I was just curious if anyone knew of any aftermarket company that has tackled this, and has made a "sure thing better replacement part". Something that won't do all of the "flaws" that the OEM one does. I understand about the newer facelift gasket and all that with the actual t-stat, but was just wondering if maybe an aftermarket company has made our housing out of a better temp resistant material..... Or if maybe someone has an idea of an additional solution with the OEM one. I've done some searches here and Google, but only keep coming up with the issues that people have with the OEM one. So any help would greatly be appreciated.

 

As a high temp sealant, or an actual gasket, just for the added protection, with the correct gasket of course for the tstat! (Just to avoid the warping and all that of the OE housing part.)

Hope you don't mind me using your original t-stat housing pick for this quick mock-up Way.... (Your where I'm going to be purchasing it through, ultimately, but was trying to see if maybe there's an even better solution than to just replace the OE one.

I learned the long way of having the tstat changed twice already, with a non-mini mechanic, that just replaced it with the (older OE) tstat gasket. And I'm getting pretty sick of checking the level all the time, and just want to do it right ONCE. (again I should say, but this time with the right knowledge)