Timeline for 1996 Rav4 not warming up properly when driving and heat not hot
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| Oct 31, 2015 at 14:39 | vote | accept | emmanvazz | ||
| Oct 30, 2015 at 20:55 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMechanics/status/660198424147574784 | ||
| Oct 30, 2015 at 19:14 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | And, while this may seem obvious as not an issue, are you sure the thermostat was put into the engine correctly? One which is upside down will not function as it's designed to. Just one more thing to eliminate. If it was put in right, I'm with the rest of everybody in that I believe the thermostat is stuck open. | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 16:42 | answer | added | Zaid | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 16:31 | comment | added | Zaid | Did you change the seal along with the thermostat? | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 15:30 | answer | added | HandyHowie | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 15:26 | answer | added | JasonJ | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 15:26 | comment | added | JPhi1618 | It sure sounds like a stuck thermostat. When the car is sitting, you don't have air running through the radiator, so I would expect it to warm up some. | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 14:48 | review | First posts | |||
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| Oct 30, 2015 at 14:45 | history | asked | emmanvazz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |