Hey everyone. My 2000 Toyota Camry 5sfe seems to not like to have its coolant drained and refilled. At 15K and today 30K I did this and ran across overheating.
My steps were to drain out the coolant, fill as much as possible parked in a semi inclined slope with the front up.
I let the car idle with the heating on and the fan at max for like 10-15min. The car eventually gets to about 8/10 up on the temp gauge which really worries me. No heat coming from the heater. On the 15K drain/refill I happen to drive the car slowly and while pushing the recirculation air button it seemed to have done it. So this time i just kept the air at recirc.
Well eventually I just turned the car off, figuring the car wouldnt do any good being that hot at idle. Finally I hear coolant sucking in after about 1min or so. Then did the car finally bleed.
Is there a better way? Do I need to be in a higher incline, my friend once told me who worked at toyota that they normally jack up the front of the car.
ALSO my ENGINE LIGHT came on, hopefully not from the heat, but me removing the temp sensor near the engine. I noticed that the car's FAN did not turn on eventhough it was so hot, so I decided to pull some of the sensor plugs to see if they were dirty or loose.
I took the neg terminal off the battery and hope that will reset the Engine light.
Any help or opinions would be thankful.
My steps were to drain out the coolant, fill as much as possible parked in a semi inclined slope with the front up.
I let the car idle with the heating on and the fan at max for like 10-15min. The car eventually gets to about 8/10 up on the temp gauge which really worries me. No heat coming from the heater. On the 15K drain/refill I happen to drive the car slowly and while pushing the recirculation air button it seemed to have done it. So this time i just kept the air at recirc.
Well eventually I just turned the car off, figuring the car wouldnt do any good being that hot at idle. Finally I hear coolant sucking in after about 1min or so. Then did the car finally bleed.
Is there a better way? Do I need to be in a higher incline, my friend once told me who worked at toyota that they normally jack up the front of the car.
ALSO my ENGINE LIGHT came on, hopefully not from the heat, but me removing the temp sensor near the engine. I noticed that the car's FAN did not turn on eventhough it was so hot, so I decided to pull some of the sensor plugs to see if they were dirty or loose.
I took the neg terminal off the battery and hope that will reset the Engine light.
Any help or opinions would be thankful.