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Can you drive your car if you have to replace the coolant thermostat?
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∙ 14y ago
If it's stuck open, yes you can. If it's stuck close, no you cannot drive the car.
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Whats the minimum time to wait after you replace a thermostat before you can drive the car?
Once you have all of the air out of the system, you can drive it immediately. Fill the radiator with coolant, set the heater to hot and start the car. Watch the coolant level and keep refilling it until it will no longer take any more coolant.
What is the problem when your car runs hot after driving for 10 min and the coolant overflows out?
Could be the thermostat it's stock, replace it.
Will your car fix itself after overheating?
Usually it doesn't work like that. You basically need to check why it has been overheated. If it was because of you didn't have enough of coolant than you need to add coolant and check for leakage. If it happened because of the thermostat failure, you need to replace the thermostat and then drive the car. Other things might cause overheating too. PS: You have to be careful when you are dealing with an overheated engine.
What happens when you put coolant into a Malibu without running the car?
When the car is cold the thermostat is closed. When the thermostat is closed the coolant does not circulate or get in to the engine block.
How do you know when to replace the thermostat?
Two good indicators of when to replace the car's thermostat: * When you have to run the heater (no matter what time of the year) in order to keep the engine coolant from overheating, * When you no longer get ANY heat from the heater core.
How do you replace the thermostat located on a 1993 Toyota Camry 4 cylinder?
my 1993 Toyota Camry radiator had a hole in it it was overheating. I replaced the radiator. The car is still overheating where is the thermostat located. First, drain your coolant from the radiator. Find your lower radiator hose and follow it to the metal housing. This is the thermostat housing. Remove the 2 nuts with a 10mm wrench. Remove the thermostat and replace with new one and new gasket. Re-install and re-fill your radiator with new coolant. Drive the car with heater running. Allow the engine to cool and top off the radiator. Add coolant to the reservoir to halfway between Full and Low.
Car overheating and no heat?
No thermostat, no coolant, no waterpump. Basically you have no coolant circulating.
How do you replace the thermostat located on a 1996 Ford Contour?
You can uninstall thermostat and install new thermost under air filter and look coolant hose by sensor gang. I did my own car.
How do I keep my 1987 Subaru GL from overheating?
is your car equipped with a coolant overflow bottle replace thermostat have radd removed flushed and rodded
Why does car overheat?
There could be many reasons. Not enough coolant or bad flow, faulty thermostat, low oil. If the coolant freezes then it will overheat. If your car continues to overheat then you should have the coolant flushed and thermostat replaced.
What does the thermostat on a car do?
The thermostat in a car regulates the coolant temperature inside the engine. When the engine is cold, the thermostat is closed, allowing the heat from the combustion chamber to heat the fluid (coolant) in the coolant galleys in the engine block. Once the engine reaches an optimal temperature, the thermostat opens, allowing coolant to flow through the radiator. The thermostat then controls the flow of coolant to hold the engine at its optimum operating temperature, irrespective of engine load and operating condtions.
What is the function of a car thermostat?
The function of a car thermostat is to ensure that coolant gets to the radiator when it should. It blocks the coolant from reaching the radiator when the radiator is cold, and then lets it flow once it is heated up.
