Thermostat i have a 1997 nissan maxima i was driving it and it started cutting out i looked at the gages and it said it was overheating i replaced the radiator andnow i want to replace the thermostat where is it located i looked but cant find it and what is normal reading on the temp gage?

If it overheats in the first mile, my guess would be no coolant in the system or a stuck thermostat.

You have a bad head gasket. The antifreeze is blowing out your exhaust. Do this before you do more damage. Good Luck Friend.

Not necessarily, some thermostats are set to fail in the open position. The only way to check the thermostat is to take it our and see if it is open. If it is, it has failed. If not, slowly bring it up to boil in a pot of water and a thermometer to see when it starts to open. That temperature should be printed on the thermostat. If it does not pass this test, replace it, but at the price of thermostats you may just as well replace it anyway.

See if you have a leak in any of your coolant tubes. If no leaks, you may have a bad thermostat that is stuck closed and needs to be replaced asap.

This happened to me before. You probably need to replace your mass air flow.

All the time, Idling or driving? Radiator fans working? Thermostat changed lately? Rad flushed lately? Coolant level up in rad & return bottle?

It sounds like the the thermostat that was replaced is probably faulty. This being the cheapest and easiest to do I would start there. I can't reply about the air pockets. I have never heard of that before.

Most likely not. Pulling the thermostat will get you home, but not a great fix. Is it overheating driving down the road or sitting still? If it is overheating driving down the road, look for a clogged radiator or stuck thermostat. If it overheats sitting still, look for your cooling fans not coming on.

Check your battery terminals, if they're corroded replace them. That did it when I was having this problem.

you possibly need a thermostat or even a water pump you can fill up the coolant at the radiator cap..its a silver cap near the front ov the car you need to push down on it and turn counter clockwise