Bongo Fury

See one of the suppliers is doing a 76c opening thermostat for the diesels

What are people's thoughts on this please
I'm just going to replace my stat

I think at times bongo owners get over obsessed with the Bongo cooling system. Having no owned 3 and been involved with many more. I am sure that Mazda got it right and a well maintained Bongo will be very happy without any changes to its cooling system. If there was any advantage fitting a different stat then Mazda would have fitted said stat in the first place. Top Tip :- leave well alone and just keep the system clean and leak free.

May be a bit to cool I would say.
Good luck with the stud!

I suppose there might be a logic that says that in a poorly running coolant circulation, a thermostat that opens sooner might reduce issues with a hot engine and boiling over: a sort of variation/improvement on the habit of not fitting a thermostat at all to stop the system boiling. But ultimately, a poorly functioning system needs the root cause addressing. And the engine is designed to run within Mazda specified temp limits, which only the correct thermostat is designed to achieve.

Yes
All it's going todo is open earlier
Engine will still hit same running temp
I will put the same back in as is in