My 3.8L heats up at a stoplight (a lot)
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My 3.8L heats up at a stoplight (a lot)
This has been happening for the past couple months. It normally runs at aroun 185 but when i pull up to a stop light, or am just idleing for a little i can watch the temp guage go up past 210 in less than 30 seconds. When i get going again and get the wind blowing into it it cools back down to 185. What's the deal?
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Re: My 3.8L heats up at a stoplight (a lot)
I had that happen to me when I had air in the system.
Could be several things:
Normal operation, vehicle has a low-temp thermostat but fans don't come on till 210-220.
Water pump is having problems and is only moving coolant at above idle rpms.- or other restriction causing flow problems at idle.
A leak that is letting air into the system.
If you can actually see the gauge moving up, it's probably the last item. I could watch the gauge go up to 3/4, then drop like a rock when some coolant finally came through. It was my water pump gasket. I'm glad I don't have that anymore. I know that can't be good on the heads or gasket.
Could be several things:
Normal operation, vehicle has a low-temp thermostat but fans don't come on till 210-220.
Water pump is having problems and is only moving coolant at above idle rpms.- or other restriction causing flow problems at idle.
A leak that is letting air into the system.
If you can actually see the gauge moving up, it's probably the last item. I could watch the gauge go up to 3/4, then drop like a rock when some coolant finally came through. It was my water pump gasket. I'm glad I don't have that anymore. I know that can't be good on the heads or gasket.
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