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Old 04-06-2009, 11:06 PM
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Car remains cold when driving it around its temp gage is at about 1/4 and ill assume it should be at 1/2, think its the thermostat stuck open? its going to get changed soon as I will be in there doing timing,
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Old 04-07-2009, 12:52 AM
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ya should be at half its probably stuck open when you have the front end off its easier to get to.
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Check thermostat and temperature sensor, they usually failed.
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The exact same thing happenned to me. My thermostat had broken and when this happens it stays in the open position as a failsafe so the engine doesn't overheat. You will need to have it replaced.
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sure enough it was the thermostat but I installed it from the bottom wich was way easier then the write up going in from the top,
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