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Old 07-28-2005, 12:25 PM
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Thermostat

i go to Advanced Autos to buy a new thermostat for my 1998 svt. and the guy tryed to tell me that it was $27.84. is that how much a thermostat should cost for an svt or was the guy talking out of is butt?
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sounds about right to me.
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Re: Thermostat

why is it so much???
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$27 sounds cheap to me. Cant hardly get any replacement parts for that little. Heck, even the drain bolt that goes into the oil pan is $13!
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Re: Thermostat

for my old GL it was only $11.95
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Re: Thermostat

mines 7 lol, and i have a gl
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