Hi everyone, fab here. So it's been a while that i noticed on my 2002 camry 2.4, that after a good drive, the coolant reservoir is at the same full level, the fluid is barely warm. The radiator top cap is just warm.
I took a laser thermometer and took temps at the thermostat housing (the metal part where fluid leaves engine and goes back in). The "outlet" of engine temp was at about 84 deg cel. the inlet (i guess where thermostat is also located) is at about 74 deg cel.
does this seem about right (temps)?
is it possible for thermostat to be partially stuck? (the temp needle on cluster is a touch shy of the halfway mark).
anything i should check?thanks
fab
I took a laser thermometer and took temps at the thermostat housing (the metal part where fluid leaves engine and goes back in). The "outlet" of engine temp was at about 84 deg cel. the inlet (i guess where thermostat is also located) is at about 74 deg cel.
does this seem about right (temps)?
is it possible for thermostat to be partially stuck? (the temp needle on cluster is a touch shy of the halfway mark).
anything i should check?thanks
fab