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Old May 5, 2014 | 09:27 PM
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Leave the car ticking over temp gauge will go about half way and sit there, once I start driving it drops right to bottom,, still have hot/warm air blowing out in the car, car starts fine not losing any water no water coming out over flow or anything like that
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Old May 5, 2014 | 10:03 PM
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Could be the guage or the temp sensor.
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Old May 5, 2014 | 10:04 PM
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Both sensors are beside each other under the inlet manifold.
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Old May 5, 2014 | 10:21 PM
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Stuck open or missing thermostat. !
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Old May 6, 2014 | 08:25 PM
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does it take a long time to get up to temp?
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Old May 7, 2014 | 01:16 PM
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Stuck open thermostat sounds about right.

They stick in the open position usually when they go wrong, so as not to overheat the engine...failsafe, it's called.
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