So the car temp gauge goes to the middle line then when i stop the temp goes up to the beggining to the yellow box if i stand still for some time (3-5) min then if i turn the A/C and the fans come on and the temp still doesnt go down once i drive the car the the temp goes to the middle. could it be the thermostat? can i drive the car w/o a thermostat till i get home? i have a 10hr trip ahead of me.

 

anyone!!!

 

verify that your fans are running when your sitting still. It sounds like they arent. if they arent, check your fuses, you may have a fan on the way out and you can just replace the fuse, or you could have a bad temp switch. That would be where i would start.

Mark

 

i did and i have the fans running at all times hopping that would keep the temp down but it still creeping up. what would happend if i run my car w/o a thermostat? oh yeah and i did check al the fuses they are good

 

Unfortunately, removing the thermostat isn't a real easy job on these cars. If the car has the proper amount of coolant, I would try bleeding the cooling system first. If low on coolant, it is either leaking or being consumed. Hopefully it isn't the latter as it would point to head gasket. Are you able to smell coolant when you open the hood and look around under there?

 

no there is no smell the car only has 52k original iles and the car sat for a while (6mo) from when i got it. i did filled up the coolant thinking that it might have been low

 

sounds like you have an air pocket. Time to bleed the coolant.

 

I'm with Dan - sounds like time to bleed.
Especially if you just added coolant.

 

ok im bleeding the system now

 

I hate to say it but ......................... use search!
There are so much that can cause this from something easy like air in the system to something really painful like replacing the seal behind the thermostat.

Its been discussed in great detail, go through the process of elimination and you will solve it.

I went through it recently and after replacing everything and I mean everything, my baby is a pleasure to drive again.

 

ok i drove the car 350 miles yesterday and not once did it go into the yellow box it stayed in the middle , during heavy and stopped traffic it went to the line before the yellow box but never to the box. is that ok?

 

im guessing you have an early car. Guage should stay in the middle most the time and when in traffic or running hot go to the next line above the center, then drop when the thermostat opens or the fans kick on. SOunds like you got it or close.

 

Sounds good. Both my cars stay within the two lines, but move within that area.

 

ok cool so im good to go then.thank you ill be posting some pics today

 

this is the highest it got in traffic