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Elring 184.981 Engine Coolant Thermostat Gasket
Reliable Engine Coolant Thermostat Gasket for Porsche Models
The Elring 184.981 engine coolant thermostat gasket is designed specifically for Porsche vehicles, including the 911, Boxster, and Cayman models. This gasket ensures a secure seal in the thermostat housing, helping maintain optimal engine temperature and performance.
- Compatible with Porsche 911, Boxster, and Cayman models
- Part number 184.981 for precise identification
- Engine coolant thermostat gasket designed to prevent leaks
- Manufactured by Elring, a trusted name in sealing systems
- Ensures proper sealing in the cooling system thermostat housing
Product Details and Application
The Elring 184.981 gasket is engineered to fit the thermostat housing of Porsche 911, Boxster, and Cayman vehicles. It provides a reliable seal that prevents coolant leaks, which can lead to engine overheating or inefficient temperature regulation. This gasket is a critical component in the engine’s cooling system, ensuring that the thermostat functions correctly by maintaining a tight seal between the thermostat and the housing.
Common Issues Addressed by This Thermostat Gasket
- Prevents coolant leaks around the thermostat housing
- Helps avoid engine overheating caused by faulty seals
- Reduces risk of coolant contamination and loss
- Maintains proper engine temperature regulation
- Prevents damage to thermostat and surrounding components
Installation Notes and Tips
- Ensure the thermostat housing surface is clean and free of old gasket material before installation
- Use the Elring 184.981 gasket to guarantee proper fit and seal
- Follow manufacturer torque specifications when tightening the thermostat housing bolts
- Inspect the thermostat and housing for damage during replacement
- Replace the gasket whenever the thermostat is serviced or replaced
Quality Assurance and Warranty
Elring is known for producing high-quality gaskets and sealing systems that meet OEM standards. The 184.981 engine coolant thermostat gasket undergoes strict quality control to ensure durability and reliable performance in Porsche 911, Boxster, and Cayman models. While specific warranty details may vary, Elring products typically come with a limited warranty against manufacturing defects, providing confidence in the gasket’s longevity and function.
This part fits 140 vehicles. Search below:
| Year | Make | Model | Submodel | Body Type | Drive Type | Liters | Cylinders | Fuel Type | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2012 | Porsche | Cayman | R | Hatchback | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | ||
| 2011 | Porsche | Cayman | S | Hatchback | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | ||
| 2010 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2010 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2010 | Porsche | Cayman | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2009 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2009 | Porsche | 911 | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2009 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2009 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2009 | Porsche | Cayman | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2009 | Porsche | Cayman | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2008 | Porsche | 911 | 3.8L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2008 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2008 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2008 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2008 | Porsche | 911 | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2008 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2008 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2008 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2008 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2008 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2008 | Porsche | Cayman | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2008 | Porsche | Cayman | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2008 | Porsche | Cayman | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2008 | Porsche | Cayman | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Targa 4S | Targa | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | 3.8L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera S | Coupe | RWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera S | Convertible | RWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera 4S | Coupe | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera 4S | Convertible | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | GT3 | Coupe | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | GT3 RS | Coupe | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Targa | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | ||||
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Targa 4 | Targa | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera | Coupe | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera | Convertible | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera | Convertible | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera 4 | Coupe | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera 4 | Convertible | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2007 | Porsche | 911 | Coupe | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | ||||
| 2007 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2007 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2007 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | Cayman | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2007 | Porsche | Cayman | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2007 | Porsche | Cayman | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2007 | Porsche | Cayman | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | 3.8L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera S | Coupe | RWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera S | Convertible | RWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera 4S | Coupe | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera 4S | Convertible | AWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Coupe | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | ||||
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera | Coupe | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera | Convertible | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera | Convertible | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | |||
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera 4 | Coupe | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2006 | Porsche | 911 | Carrera 4 | Convertible | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |
| 2006 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.2L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2006 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.2L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2006 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2006 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2006 | Porsche | Cayman | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2006 | Porsche | Cayman | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2005 | Porsche | 911 | 3.8L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2005 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.8L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2005 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2005 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2005 | Porsche | 911 | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2005 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.2L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2005 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2005 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2004 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2004 | Porsche | 911 | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2004 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2004 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.2L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2004 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.2L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2004 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2004 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2003 | Porsche | 911 | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2003 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2003 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2003 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.2L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2003 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.2L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2003 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2003 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Targa | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | ||||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Targa | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | ||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Coupe | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | ||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Convertible | RWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | ||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Coupe | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | ||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Convertible | AWD | 3.6L | H6 | GAS | N/A | ||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Coupe | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | ||||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Convertible | 3.6L | H6 | N/A | ||||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Coupe | AWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | ||
| 2002 | Porsche | 911 | Convertible | AWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | ||
| 2002 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.2L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2002 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.2L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2002 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2002 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2001 | Porsche | 911 | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2001 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2001 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2001 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.2L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2001 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.2L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2001 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2001 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2000 | Porsche | 911 | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2000 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2000 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2000 | Porsche | Boxster | 3.2L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2000 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 3.2L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2000 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.7L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2000 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.7L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 2000 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.5L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 2000 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.5L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 1999 | Porsche | 911 | 3.4L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 1999 | Porsche | 911 | RWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 1999 | Porsche | 911 | AWD | 3.4L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 1999 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.5L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 1999 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.5L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 1998 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.5L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 1998 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.5L | H6 | GAS | N/A | |||
| 1997 | Porsche | Boxster | 2.5L | H6 | N/A | |||||
| 1997 | Porsche | Boxster | RWD | 2.5L | H6 | GAS | N/A |
* Always verify fitment with your vehicle's VIN if unsure. Submodel & trim restrictions may apply.
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