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Old 10-11-2005, 09:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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4th Generation Crazy coolant...or thermostat problem.....

I have a Gen 4 I4 camry w/ 220,000km on it, i have flushed n changed the coolant last year ( the new coolant have about 25,000km on it). Anyway, after i changed the coolant, i found out that when I drive over60km/h w/ outside temp ~ 20C, the temp startin to drop...... when the outside temp gets to ~10C, and my car is goin 80km/h, the temps drops to 1/4...... anyone have any suggestion wat i can do?? is it really the thermostat..... and also, i went to Canadian Tire to c the thermo stat, they have 3 different temp thermostat, which one shit I need???
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yup thermostat you can put cardboard over the rad and it would stay constant.

no idea on the temp, try and find a real part store if you can they would have better knowlage and prolly a better fitting part
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How often should you do a collant flush? After every what # of miles?
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i change coolant every 80,000KM ( 50,000miles) +/- 5000km (whenever i have time within that range..... in my point of view, i flush it everytime i change coolant, only 4 bucks more......
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How often should you do a collant flush? After every what # of miles?
The dealers recommend every 30,000 miles
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Nice.

Thanx fer the headz up guyz. I need to do my coolant flush right away after 17k more miles.
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