Hi all. Had some work done to my prado, its auto 3.4, water pump, belt tensioned and idlers and pulleys done. Car came back. Thermostat reads ever so slightly warmer. Needle sits at the lower end of the D across from gauge. Last weekend notice weeping pipe, changed it lost coolant replaced it. Now needle sits at middle of D on thermostat. Can anyone tell we what their gauge says? Thinking of changing thermostat and flush whole system. Right or wrong thing?
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Originally posted by madmac187 View PostNope that wasnt replaced. I'm thinking of flushing the system and replacing the thermostat. I have the thermostat anyway bought it yesterday from toyota 35 bucks.97 VX Grande, with front & rear air lockers, ARB Sahara winch bar with tigers 11 winch, 2" EFS lift, 265/75/16 Achilles Desert hawk XMT, and more.
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Was the WP replaced with a genuine or aftermarket pump? The reason I ask is that I have personally had problems with cheap pressed metal vane pumps. I used one I had on the shelf once, I couldn't work out why I had one. Ten kms down the road with the overflow bottle spitting coolant I remembered why it wasn't already on the car. Threw that thing to the sh*thouse and put a cast impeller pump on, perfect! Nissan and Subaru have both been known to run hotter with pressed impeller pumps.
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