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I dodged a bullet yesterday. My dad asked me "How are you at changing thermostats?" Of course my response was what thermostat, the one on the wall for the house or the one in your car?
It was the car thermostat. He has a 2007 Toyota Highlander. I googled the instructions and there are a LOT of steps before you ever get to the "remove thermostat" step. It was 3:00PM so I begged off the job. Especially at his dark tomb of a garage with limited tools.
Today he drove it a short distance to a local shop and on the way there the check engine soon light and some other warning lights came on, and it started getting hot.
It looks like he has several issues to get fixed. I don't know beans about Jap cars and I have never worked on one. It ain't gonna be just a thermostat change. He can afford to pay a professional that has the proper testing equipment and training to do the job.
I would have been at it for a long time and than discovered all the other problems. It would have been a giant cluster fuch.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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