Thermostat MOPAR or MotoRad

Update: replacing the MotoRad thermostat it had in it with an OEM one fixed it and it sits at 1/3rd like it should.

In case anyone else comes across this post, it was the aftermarket thermostat. I managed to get a hold of a mopar one yesterday and the gasket around it was just slightly larger than the aftermarket one and needed a little bit of resistance to seat it. Now my truck is getting up to temperature quickly and working great.

I replaced the thermostat in my wifes 2014 journey with the V6. It was an easy and straight forward job.

I would suggest a failsafe thermostat from Motorad and an OEM Motorcraft seal.

I just bought one off RockAuto. I have to overhaul my entire coolant system and through some searching on this subreddit I saw a lot of people saying the Motorad brand kept failing after a few months. I didn\u2019t want to risk it so I opted for the Mopar thermostat from RockAuto for $35.

The MotoradT25 16psi one worked, but don't trust that company either, motorad aftermarket thermostats are terrible and often run too hot - could be your problem.

If your thermostat is from Nappa and says Motorad on it. Then replace it immediately. They are junk and stick closed.

I noticed mine is a "motorad" and it's the cheapest shittiest one and it's been giving me problems.

I had the same issues, less than 4 moths, this brand doesn't work.

I did notice before I recently got safety/emission test for plate renewal, i wanted to confirm the I/M readiness had ran, that at idle, the full trims were extremely rich. I'm leaning towards the lower tstat having something to do with that. I have a 195 motorad(blah) that i had just installed before the plenum work. ECT didn't break 178 degrees on a highway cruise at 95+ degrees. That seems to be right at the threshold for the current dtc.