88 N/A Thermostat Question [Archive] - Toyota MR2 Message Board

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I recently bought a 88 n/a MR2 while I was testing driving the car I noticed it took a while to warm up I figured it was because the coolant had to flow from the back to the front… while I’ve been driving it on some cooler days now and I notice it doesn’t warm up, its like the car has no thermostat in it or it stuck open.. I opened the coolant cap and its constantly flowing. The car doesn’t over heat (yet) when left to run but the idle won’t come down because if never gets very far out of the