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Originally Posted by sand121
Maybe your fan clutch is frozen so it's not letting your engine warm up.
1. Thermostat is bad, and not closing at cold temps.
2. Bad installation of thermostat? Maybe not in straight or something?
3. Clean all connectors on the temp sensor, might have a bad ground.
4. When the engine is cold, remove the radiator cap and then start it up. Can you see fluid moving through the radiator? If so, then the thermostat is not closing as it should (happens sometimes).
5. Some people claim that nothing other than a dealership thermostat should be used.
6. What temp range did you get for the thermostat. Too cold?
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i think i may try the oem t-stat before i resort to much else. i noticed the napa brand thermostat didnt have an air bleed, which would need to be upright in postition. the previous owner said the gauge worked fine. i'm thinking it didnt. the thermostat i pulled out was an aftermarket and did not have the air bleed.
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When I first had an overheating problem, I changed out the thermostat to a non-oem one, and the engine would never warm up, tried another one, and same thing. Went back to an oem one, and everything worked fine.
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