Dorman, Murray, or Mahle?

[pjstar35]

(I posted this in General Discussion but I'm posting it here as well for more exposure to hopefully get some helpful advice on this.)

My thermostat housing is leaking so I'm currently shopping for a replacement but have a dilemma. There's a Dorman for $71 and a Murray for $65 but both only have a 1 year warranty. Then there's a Mahle brand housing for only $58 that has a lifetime warranty. It seems like the cheaper option with a lifetime warranty would be the way to go but I don't know anything about the quality of Mahle products. Does it have a lifetime warranty as opposed to the others because it's likely to go out again? Presumably the one on the car now is original and the car has 65k miles on it. Is it safe to assume that a new one will last another 65k miles? I'm just unsure which one to go with. Any thoughts on any of this including the quality of Mahle products would be appreciated.

 

[skurtov]

(I posted this in General Discussion but I'm posting it here as well for more exposure to hopefully get some helpful advice on this.)

My thermostat housing is leaking so I'm currently shopping for a replacement but have a dilemma. There's a Dorman for $71 and a Murray for $65 but both only have a 1 year warranty. Then there's a Mahle brand housing for only $58 that has a lifetime warranty. It seems like the cheaper option with a lifetime warranty would be the way to go but I don't know anything about the quality of Mahle products. Does it have a lifetime warranty as opposed to the others because it's likely to go out again? Presumably the one on the car now is original and the car has 65k miles on it. Is it safe to assume that a new one will last another 65k miles? I'm just unsure which one to go with. Any thoughts on any of this including the quality of Mahle products would be appreciated.

Mahle is German, good brand. Pretty sure they supply GM. These housings go all the time.

 

[pjstar35]

Mahle is German, good brand. Pretty sure they supply GM. These housings go all the time.

Thanks for the reply. I did notice on the picture of the Mahle product it said "Made in CZ" which I believe is Czech Republic.

I hear good things about Dorman products and when I replaced the Water Outlet I used Dorman so I decided to go with Dorman for the thermostat housing as well. I couldn't find one locally so I went on Amazon and got one for $45 which is over $25 cheaper than it was going to be locally anyway. Plus it's shipped and sold by Amazon rather than a third party so I don't have to worry that I'm going to get something other than what I ordered. I just wish someone would make a metal version like they did for the 1.8L engine.