No, no lifting required. If you remove the intake duct, the air cleaner and housing, it's pretty easy to get at and change. Just as a precaution, it's a good idea to disconnect the negative battery cable before you do just about anything under the hood of a Monte.
No. One of the two bolts that hold the thermostat housing to the engine is a challenge.
V6 or V8?
Joey AF R.
thermostat
Remove the water supply hose from the top of your 2003 Chevy Monte Carlo thermostat housing. Remove the thermostat housing retaining bolts. Lift the old thermostat out. Drop the new thermostat in and reverse the process.
190 It is dependent on what thermostat you have in your engine. The engine will normally run hotter than the temp the thermostat opens at.
Drain the water from your 1997 Chevy Monte Carlo cooling system. Remove the water supply hose. Remove the thermostat housing retaining bolts. The thermostat will lift out. Reverse the process to install the new thermostat.
In a removable housing at the engine end of the upper radiator hose
Should be in a removable housing at the engine end of the upper radiator hose
just follow the top radiator hose to the engine and where it clamps on you will find the thermostat, 2 bolts takes the housing off and the thermostat is under it.
It is normally where the upper radiator hose meets the engine block.
As you are facing the engine looking under the hood, it is on the right side, under the throttle body, inside the thermostat housing. It (the thermostat housing) is a cast metal tube with a thick rubber hose running to it.