Coolant question
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Coolant question
I have a 01 auto with 137k miles on it, well I have been noticing my temp gage was a little higher than my past is300s. So I took the cap off to inspect the coolant and get a nasty surprise, apparently the dumb *** that had the car before me mixed the green cheap stuff with the factory red. Long story short I bought the $35 red Toyota coolant and some distilled water. I drained the old, did my measurements and filled it back up with distilled water, ran it 15mins with heat on and cut the car off, drained it. Once it cooled I put the proper mixture and exact amount of coolant/distilled water back in, all extra went in the overflow. So here's my problem, my temp gage goes back to the same place, is there anything else I should do?! Thanks guys
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I would try and confirm that your fans are kicking on. Typically the thermostat will open around 185 degrees F and the fans will kick on around 200 degree F. I recently purchased an infared thermometer from autozone and measured at the metal coolant pipe entering the top side of the radiator to confirm this same thing.
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