92 Paseo Overheating - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

fullcircle · 01-16-2007, 01:21 PM

my 92 Paseo is overheating the shop replaced the the gaskets and the cracked radiator, the heat and fan worked the and the temperature was just fine. after a 15min drive from shot to my home it was over heating again. and no heat inside the car. after doing some research i THINK it may be the thermostat. if so where is it? can i replace it myself?

fhe · 01-16-2007, 03:00 PM

you can replace it yourself if you want...
not really to hard, get a chiltons manual to find out how....
its located almost directly under your distributor, but to the rear a little...
with a chiltons, its easy

Daox · 01-16-2007, 06:41 PM

Its very easy to replace. Check out my site. There is a tutorial there.

Freebie Paseo · 01-17-2007, 01:03 PM

I blew a fan belt last fall and it overheated after about 2 miles. Are you still getting heat?

fullcircle · 01-17-2007, 01:30 PM

nope, still no heat but the fan does come on. i'm going to take a look at the thermostat this evening

anttarz · 01-17-2007, 03:04 PM

i had this problem last winter, i temporarily disconnected the thermostat so it constantly flowed

fullcircle · 01-17-2007, 03:21 PM

is that safe?

tyler88 · 01-17-2007, 05:27 PM

yeah for a little whole temporaily disconnecting the thermostat is ok i just keeps recirculating not allowing to get up to fll operating temp.

Daox · 01-17-2007, 08:36 PM

Your car will never warm up if you don't have a thermostat. So if its cold where you are... well, your going to freeze. For as cheap as a thermostat is I would sure hope you would just put a new one in.

tyler88 · 01-17-2007, 10:56 PM

yeah they are cheap and make sure to keep an eye on your temp gauge after incase you got a faulty one

anttarz · 01-18-2007, 12:40 AM

I didnt replace the thermostat cause it was in the middle of the week and i was on my way to class. It wasnt bad, the car just warmed up slower, still eventually got heat. If i remember correctly i never replaced it till the day i got rid of the car.

fullcircle · 01-18-2007, 08:49 AM

it's freezing in philly right now so i'm def. going to do it thr right way. thank you all for all of your help. i hope this fixes things.

spridel · 01-31-2007, 04:00 PM

"92 Paseo is overheating the shop replaced the the gaskets and the cracked radiator, the heat and fan worked the and the temperature was just fine."

Its probably not the thermostat.

What gaskets were replaced? What about the radiator - where was it cracked? When they refilled the cooling system, did they bleed out the air in the system? No heat is a sign of low coolant. You're either leaking it out, or you have air in the system.

Did they pressure test the system after repairs to make sure it would hold?

Best case is they forgot to tighten a hose clamp or something...

ndestree · 01-31-2007, 08:18 PM

if its a 92 and the thermostat hasnt been replaced yet, you might as well replace it anyways, i think i just bought min a 180 degrees f WAS 10 dollars and took maybe 45 min. to replace. also check the sensor that turns the fan on, is it turning on? you could also have air bubbles in the cooling system.