Thermostat Wahler or MotoRad

A proper Wahler thermostat is what solved it.

I just put a new Waller in every 8 to 10 years when it comes time to redo the cooling system. Never had a leaking or stuck thermostat but we do live in Southern California, so I think things tend to last longer Here

I've had a Wahler fitted for 1.5yrs and everything's ok so far

motorad from rockauto is doing me good so far

My 2007 MKV 2.5 Jetta is still having overheat problems even after changing the tstat to a OEM (Wahler) and the waterpump to one with metal impeller, which works way better than the original.

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.

I changed on mine 2-3 months ago with a new one from Wahler/Borg Warner and now it's leaking through the connector.

I have experienced same with Wahler thermostat.

I’ve replaced it twice and it starts leaking from there in about 2000 miles or so. I’m willing to bet that thermostat is a Wahler brand. They are known to leak like this.

I had issues with the MotoRad that every parts store in Canada seems to sell