[Mk2] [NA] PLEASE HELP!!! - Sounds like Thermostat skicking and then 'pop'.

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JappyBeast
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[Mk2] [NA] PLEASE HELP!!! - Sounds like Thermostat skicking and then 'pop'.

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My MR2 has been stood on the drive for 2 months. Started her today and noticed the temp guage creeping higher than half way and no heat coming from the blowers. I made sure there is coolant in it so I'm guessing the stat is sticking. I was convinced that if I left it a bit longer the stat might unstick then there was a slight 'pop' sound from the engine compartment. I looked to notice a minor (not a gusher) leak from an area of the engine closest to the boot. I cant see any hoses in that area, just the bottom of the coolant tank.

Whats the worst case scenario?? Can't see any hoses come off, could it have just come from the top of the filler bottle?

Please help me!!!!!
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Re: [Mk2] [NA] PLEASE HELP!!! - Sounds like Thermostat skicking and then 'pop'.

Post by JJ »

Top the coolant up ... if the temp had risen and no heat in the cabin, theres no coolant around the block....

So top coolant up, bleed correctly, from the front rad / heater matrix.... bit of a pain...!! Start the engine and keep topping up till it can't take it anymore.

When the engine overheats, the rad cap will dump the excess pressure via the cap and into the expansion tank !!

Keep an eye on the coolant as you may have a leak... also check the rubbers on the coolant cap, usually the culpret of losing coolant whilst you're driving.
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JappyBeast
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Re: [Mk2] [NA] PLEASE HELP!!! - Sounds like Thermostat skicking and then 'pop'.

Post by JappyBeast »

Thanks for this promising information. I was thinking the blast of water was a pipe coming off or something more serious on the engine block.

Do you have a link to bleeding the system???

There was a 'trapped' air sound near the dash.

Cheers for your reply.
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Re: [Mk2] [NA] PLEASE HELP!!! - Sounds like Thermostat skicking and then 'pop'.

Post by blue2 »

If you do a search on here for coolant change you will find a pdf article from toyota describing all the steps.
Its pretty straight forward, ill have a go but read the article just in case i miss a step.

1 take the spare and the plastic surround off in the frunk.
2 find the 2 clear plastic tubes and attach one to the heater bleed valve, right under the windscreen with a white plastic screw thing on.
3 attach the other hose to the radiator bleed point on the top right hand corner of the radiator.
4 make sure they are vertical(ish) and attach them to the frunk holder upper (no idea what its called haha)
5 undo the coolant cap (make sure engine is stone cold)
6 loosen both the heater bleed point and the radiator bleed point, you should see coolant appearing in both the hoses
7 fill it with a non alcholol based coolant until the levels of coolant in the hoses are level with the coolant fill point. Make sure the car is parked on an even surface. This step could take a while and its a good idea to give the car a bit of a shake to make sure the coolant gets round. Fill until the coolant is up to the filler neck ie full.
8 put the coolant cap back on to 1 click (not fully tight) and tighten up the bleed points then take of the hoses.
9 run the car at a steady idle for a couple of mins
10 repeat the stages above to make sure its totally full.

Hope that helps, Ive had to do it a few times.
Sounds like you may have an airlock, the coolant you are seeing is being pi$$ed out the expansion tank.
If its still over heating after this change the thermostat.
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Re: [Mk2] [NA] PLEASE HELP!!! - Sounds like Thermostat skicking and then 'pop'.

Post by JappyBeast »

IT'S FIXED!!!!


Found some spare time this morning andused this page for some pictures

http://www.lovehorsepower.com/MR2_Docs/ ... system.htm


Took about 20 mins to complete and the plastic tubes had never been used before.


Cheers for all the help guys!
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