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Oct 16, 2009, 11:32 PM
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running hot
ok so i noticed this once befor on a longer trip, my car started to raise the temp gauge. but never to the red always about 3/4 the way then it bounces from there to normal. after the car sat over night it hasnt happened again until tonight, that was about a month ago. tonight i barely drove maybe 10 miles temp fine. car was parked for bout an hour than went 1/2 mile to the freeway and al the sudden the gauge shot up 3/4 and has been hopping around since. i noticed the top raidator hose is really hot while the lower is not hot at all, this im not sure if its normal or not. any suggestions? i dont really have the money to try and go through all the solutions through elimination 
the car has 103k, my friend said it could need to be flushed, could be bad hose but i pulled the hose off it seemed fine. and yes theres plenty of fluids. any help would be great
the car has 103k, my friend said it could need to be flushed, could be bad hose but i pulled the hose off it seemed fine. and yes theres plenty of fluids. any help would be great
Oct 17, 2009, 12:03 PM
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i do know my fan controll unit is messed up but the fans come on still. mine does not raise at idle it drops. and definatly raises when i go up hill
Oct 17, 2009, 01:26 PM
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No way it's the fans. The hose is the clue to this one. Hot upper hose and cold lower. The coolant flows out of the engine block into the lower hose, which is where the therm. is located. Cold lower hose means that the coolant isn't being allowed to leave the block and the thermostat would be the only cause of that.
Oct 17, 2009, 02:29 PM
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well my gf is going to get my new thermostat now. but i took the old one and boiled it to test it and it seems to be opening and closing. but it goin bad could explain why the gauge hops around?
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Oct 17, 2009, 06:06 PM
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perhaps there's something blocking the coolant through the radiator or a hose somewhere.
try this: remove the thermostat all-together. Go for a drive. Still heats up?
try this: remove the thermostat all-together. Go for a drive. Still heats up?
Oct 18, 2009, 09:00 AM
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Well I burped the system again and it didn't heat up for a good drive. It did rais slightly on the hill in my diveway at the end of the drive so I reburped it so I'll keep an eye on it today. It doesn't seem like theirs any blockage in the hoses. And there's plenty of coolant
Oct 20, 2009, 10:35 AM
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How do you bock test it? I'll kno fr sure Thursday if it's fixed now. Have to drive to my gparents an it seems to be heating when I drove there to replace my therm.