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Thermostat housing on an 89 Camry, standard with a v6?
Need to replace my thermostat, but can't seem to find the housing. I've done this before but my Toyota is so dramatically different under the hood than my other cars.....I need a little help. If you could link me to a picture online, that'd be awesome, if not just describe it.
Please and thank you.
Craig, what are you talking about? That didn't even make sense.
Michael, that's the thing, I'm almost 100% positive it's the thermostat because of how it's behaving. It'll run fine for a bit, then start creeping up, and then shoot straight up. Turn the heater on, the temp regulates....mostly. My car would also overheat every once in a while for a long time, before this consistent overheating began. Plus I checked out my hoses with the engine running, there's definitely something screwy with the pressure in one of them.
It's not the fans, they're working fine, my coolant is holding; haven't had to add any recently.
I don't let my engine get hot enough to find out if the temp would come back down, because I don't want to blow a gasket.
3 Answers
- Pilsner ManLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
It could be mounted on the top or bottom of the engine. Follow both top and bottom large hoses to the engine. One of them is connected to the thermostat housing.
This is from autozone: Under hood, passenger side, upper engine area, engine end of upper radiator hose, mounted in coolant outlet housing
Concur with Michael. A sign of a bad thermstat is usually temp going up near red zone, then going back down and working normally. If you are overheating or losing coolant, possible head gasket.
- Michael SLv 710 years ago
I'll save you some trouble. Nine out of ten times the thermostat isn't the problem. If you occasionally overheat or run hot, it could be the fan(s) not coming on, low on coolant, air pocket, or even a leak, especially if you have to keep adding coolant.
If your car doesn't overheat and peg the temperature gauge in about 20 minutes, it is not the thermostat sticking closed.
- bandit_60Lv 710 years ago
it might not have a housing. maybe the thermostat sits down in the radiator. if you follow the top radiator and there,s no housing on the other end then check the radiator.
