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Old 08-14-2018, 12:01 PM
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Overheating after parked for months

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I’ve seen several people ask about this, found a simple thing to check.

If your Thirdgen has been sitting for awhile, and suddenly after bringing it out of storage wants to run hot, pull the radiator bracket, and shine a flashlight into the space between the radiator, and A/C condenser.

Just discovered a mouse nest in mine that covered nearly half of the radiator, and was done so neatly, I never knew it was there until I replaced my leaking radiator this morning.
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Re: Overheating after parked for months

Wow, what luck! Good you found it.
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