I used your procedure on a 2007 Ridgeline. Everything was very close to what was in your video. To anyone contemplating this job, I don't think it was as hard as I thought it would be; go for it if you have the right sockets. I used a regular ratchet, and switched back and forth between deepwell and regular 10mm sockets and back and forth between no extension, 1" ext,, and 3" ext. Took some fiddling to get that back bolt in, but ~ 1 hour and the job was complete.
Brilliant tip on the paper stuffed in the socket! Should have watched this before doing my timing belt. A couple of those bolts on the timing belt cover are tough to get back in without dropping.
How much coolant is lost during the thermostat swap usually? Does it just normally need to be topped off with a little bit, or do you practically need to fill your whole radiator back up again? Just curious because my Ridgeline needs a new thermostat and I need to know how much coolant to buy lol
It’s gonna lose about 50%. I would recommend buying a full gallon of concentrate and mixing it with distilled water. You’ll mix 50-50 and you’ll most likely have some left over.
@@HowtoAutomotive ok thank you. Another question I had as well, that small tube that touches the right side of your finger at 5:05 is that just a vent tube that goes from the top of the transaxle or something? I'm just curious because I noticed that mine isn't mounted to anything like the one shown in the video so I didn't know if maybe it was a vacuum line that fell off one end or what it was
Looked to me you removed the thermostat and put it back in, in another direction? It's the pointy end suppose to be sticking out? At 4:39 it looks the other way around
