Hey Scotty, I have an automatic 2009 Toyota Corolla LE with 132500 miles. I’ve had recent overheating problems. Before it ended up just being the thermostat and I got that replaced but now I’m having coolant problems. I was driving to the airport to drop someone off and right when I about 10 minutes away, the car started trickling up to the H. I blasted the heat and Fortunately I was close to parking so I parked and tried to find the issue. I popped the hood and found all of my coolant was in the reservoir and none in the actual radiator. I just took some coolant out of the reservoir and put it in the radiator and added a bit more on top of that and burped the system and that was enough to drive home without issues but I don’t want that to happen again. Any ideas? thank you.
It was just a 12 dollar one from autozone. It says meets OEM standards. I believe the Duralast Thermostat 15078. I wasn’t knowledgeable about cars and parts at the time so I just went with the one with good reviews. Do you believe it’s a faulty thermostat?
I’m leaning towards a bad radiator cap or another bad thermostat. But just wanted to make sure you used a good quality thermostat. If it’s not either of the above, it should be one of the culprits in the video. Don’t forget to use a good quality/OEM radiator cap.
I was also thinking maybe my radiator cap was bad. I’ll buy a oem radiator cap and see if it solves it. If not then I’ll go for a new oem thermostat. Thank you sir!