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Jul 7, 2008 | 07:08 PM

nighthawk15

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overheating issue.

Well I was out a litle bit ago, when out of nowhere my temp is up at the beginning of the red. Then a minute later it dropped like a rock back between 180-210. From there I went straight home with the heater full blast and it pulled the same BS a second time. It was climbing fast, then about the time I was going to pull into a parking lot and call for a tow it drops like a rock again. What would cause this? I was thinking it was most likely a stuck thermostat but a friend of mine was saying it could be the head gasket.

Jul 7, 2008 | 07:31 PM

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have you had any cooling system work done recently? could be that it just wasnt bled properly. any water in your oil? or oil in your water? do a pressure test on the cooling system

Jul 7, 2008 | 11:06 PM

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It was the stat. I changed it out for an old one I had that was still working when I pulled it. Works fine now. Thanks for the reply

Jul 9, 2008 | 09:41 AM

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I'm having this same problem. Are you saying that you replaced a "new" t-stat with the old one that it was supposed to replace and it fixed the problem?

Jul 9, 2008 | 10:15 PM

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I'm having this same problem. Are you saying that you replaced a "new" t-stat with the old one that it was supposed to replace and it fixed the problem?

Yeah, the old one still worked when I took it out so I just threw it back in. Problem solved. I have a brand new one in the hatch that I picked up in case the same thing happens again. The "new" one was about 9 months old and just decided to **** itself.