Thermostat Gates or OEM BMW

I installed a Gates 33009S 195 degree after my Hughes install and haven’t had issues.

The brand new thermostat wasn’t opening all the way. One new Gates thermostat fixed the issue.

I always use Premium Thermostats, which are billed to fail open. Gates or Stant are my favorite brands.

i personally run a 90c/195f one, the GATES 33209. it gets cold here in WI and it will hold 192f on the highway with the heat at speed 1

I have an 06. Had the same issue. Bought a cheap thermostat which turned out to be no good but acted the same as the old thermostat. Then, I changed EVERYTHING else in the coolant system, lol. Switched to Gates, problem solved.

03’ E46 318ci with 130k miles and no issues with the whole cooling system. Neither the thermostat.

To complement this, the Gates thermostat I bought for a Mercedes M272 engine was identical to the Mercedes A2722000115, except that the Mercedes logo cast into the housing had been (mostly) ground down.

I bought a 2022 X4 about a month ago from BMW. Had it for 2 weeks and got the same notification. Took it to BMW ( I got the warranty) and adjuster came in from the warranty people on Monday but haven’t approved the repair yet. They said it was also a thermostat. Seems like this is a common thing in these cars ? Mine is at 61k miles, bought it used and only had it for 2 MF weeks.

we warrantied a Gates thermostat on a pentastar 3.6L three fkn times because the guy said it kept overheating going up hills. Originally replaced for P0128 thermostat code. Then we put an oem part in and it’s never overheated since.

I replaced the t-stat with a genuine part and again no luck.