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Old 06-02-2008, 02:06 PM
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Recently when i've been driving around, the water? temp gauge will go almost or into the red and the check gauges light will come on, After a few minutes it wil go off and the temp will go back to normal. The heat up usually happens during idle or low cruising speeds. I think its the water pump cause when i drive, especially when you press the gas a bit and in first or second gear at low accel there's a whining noise coming from the engine bay.
What do you guys think this is?
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Are your fans working?
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i'm not sure, it seems like they're working cause whe i turn the car off sometimes they'll remain on for awhile, and im pretty sure there was no manual fan switch installed so they should be coming on automatically i assume?
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I just replaced mine two days ago. Is your radiator going dry?
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not sure about the radiator going dry, I'll check next chance i get




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