Ok, I haven't owned this car for very long. I drove it home 1200 miles from where I bought it without a hitch. Now, the temp guage is doing funny stuff.
Driving it home I assumed someone had put a 160 degree thermostat in it because the temp never got far above the "L" in normal.
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I've notice lately that the temp has been running lower, and the needle fluctuates.
Yesterday I drove it about ten miles to work and I got a check engine light. Looked at the temp guage and it was bottomed out, below the 130 line. So, I romped on it pretty good for a ways and bingo, guages rises up to where it normally stays, and after a bit, check engine light goes off.
Before driving home that evening, I checked coolant level, it's fine.
Drove home, guage never rose, check engine light came on. beat hell out of it again, check engine light goes off, temp guage never rises.
This morning, I took it out around the block, temp guage started rising, fell back down to nothing, then rose back up to a little higher than the picture, and then settled down to where I then snapped the picture.
Could the thermostat be sticking open? I didn't think a temp sender failure would behave this way, and I'm getting a check engine light which goes away..haven't check for codes.... Anybody have any clue?
Driving it home I assumed someone had put a 160 degree thermostat in it because the temp never got far above the "L" in normal.
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I've notice lately that the temp has been running lower, and the needle fluctuates.
Yesterday I drove it about ten miles to work and I got a check engine light. Looked at the temp guage and it was bottomed out, below the 130 line. So, I romped on it pretty good for a ways and bingo, guages rises up to where it normally stays, and after a bit, check engine light goes off.
Before driving home that evening, I checked coolant level, it's fine.
Drove home, guage never rose, check engine light came on. beat hell out of it again, check engine light goes off, temp guage never rises.
This morning, I took it out around the block, temp guage started rising, fell back down to nothing, then rose back up to a little higher than the picture, and then settled down to where I then snapped the picture.
Could the thermostat be sticking open? I didn't think a temp sender failure would behave this way, and I'm getting a check engine light which goes away..haven't check for codes.... Anybody have any clue?