Well my latest quest is to find a METAL ALL METAL thermostat Housing for a 2000 Toyota 2.2 4 cylinder (Seems this engine began around 1992 to about 2003)
as this silly car has a PLASTIC thermostat housing which with about 135K JUST BROKE APART, luckily I caught it in the driveway.
I believe such a failure will dump all the coolant out so fast the temp gauge will never know it and the only warning you may get is your engine sizing and dieing fast.
There was a METAL version for this part, like an earlier model!! (I did find them listed for a 97 Toyota 2.2 and older)
I will withhold my rant about almost all the repairs I am doing nowadays on all my cars is failing PLASTIC parts…
Rich
PS I am looking into importing 10 or more from China, for my own use and to resell to others.
as this silly car has a PLASTIC thermostat housing which with about 135K JUST BROKE APART, luckily I caught it in the driveway.
I believe such a failure will dump all the coolant out so fast the temp gauge will never know it and the only warning you may get is your engine sizing and dieing fast.
There was a METAL version for this part, like an earlier model!! (I did find them listed for a 97 Toyota 2.2 and older)
I will withhold my rant about almost all the repairs I am doing nowadays on all my cars is failing PLASTIC parts…
Rich
PS I am looking into importing 10 or more from China, for my own use and to resell to others.