Are OEM gray thermostats NLA or just temporarily out of stock?

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Feb 24, 2025 | 09:14 PM

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It was off of Ebay from a UK LR Parts seller. Since buying it I haven't seen another one listed. OEM will be in a thin white box FYI. Those OEM looking boxes that are brown with a black thermostat = FAKE

That's what I figured, good to hear it confirmed.

Feb 24, 2025 | 09:19 PM

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Do we have opinions on the aftermarket one sold by Rover's North? https://www.roversnorth.com/parts/pl...ees_fahrenheit

Feb 24, 2025 | 09:46 PM

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Do we have opinions on the aftermarket one sold by Rover's North? https://www.roversnorth.com/parts/pl...ees_fahrenheit

Haven't used one of those but I'd give it a go, at least they're easy to deal with if you have to return it.

Feb 24, 2025 | 09:57 PM

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Haha no, since it's not an OEM gray one, I have it as a roadside emergency backup. Works great for that!

Huh, I didn't realize it wasn't. Glad it's of use! I always feel bad about throwing out parts, but I can't keep them forever.

Feb 25, 2025 | 08:29 AM

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The boxed one that I can get to easily is white -- neither grey nor black.

Feb 25, 2025 | 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Best4x4

To be totally honest, the last time I had an old customer come to me with an emergency cooling issue they went down to Auto Zone and brought me a 180F Motorad thermostat. People used to completely dog Motorad, but 99.9% of all thermostats today = are made by Motorad (I had done a lot of research back in the day before the inline thermostat became the standard).

When I first purchased my P38 I purchased the Motorad suggested by Best4x4. That was July 2021. No problem since.

Motorad part number is: 440180