Gates 34160 OE Type Engine Coolant Thermostat

Fits 2006 Nissan Altima 2.5 make sure the hole of the thermostat is always facing up

The Altima has a thermostats in this generation. This one is called a water control valve and it is the upper thermostat. See my photo that shows the housing in which it is installed.Overall this is a quality part and it fixed my temp problems. Housing torque spec is 16ft-lb for the 2 bolts and 2 nuts. Make sure to install with the vent hole at 12oclock. The lower one if you want to purchase is part number 33941 for the same Gates brand.

I bought this thermostat to replace a worn out one on my fiancé’s 2010 Altima. Her service light had been on for several weeks so I had her take it to autozone to get scanned (for free!) and the engine coolant thermostat code came out. They couldn’t determine if it was the upper or lower so I decided we’d go ahead and swap out both. I decided to save some money and not get the OEM ones since they were $22 each. $9 sounded better. In doing the replacement I found out the rubber was very much deteriorated in the upper thermostat, and the other one looked ok, but I still replaced both. Put in the 50/50 coolant and Sure enough the Service engine soon light turned off when we started the car again. Save some money with these thermostats.

Awesome for the price! It fit my 2006 Nissan Altima perfectly!

Great

Replaced the thermostat while doing a coolant flush. This part is about 1/16" of an inch smaller than the factory one and does not have a small bypass hole like the factory part. Considering this needs to fit tightly in to work, I did not use this.

Well so far it's a good replacement for my car easy install

Fits 2000 nissan maxima perfectly. It goes on the driver side of the engine. Sometimes it goes by the name "water control valve "