Car suddenly idles high then runs hot?
04-10-2005, 01:20 PM
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Car suddenly idles high then runs hot?
Im not exactly sure wuts going on with my car. Today i drove around for about 20 min. The idle was perfect and temp. was perfect. Then at a stop light i noticed my idle started to go up and fluctuate between 1000-1200 rpm's the my temp started to rise about 3/4 the way from hot. So i turned the car off for about 2 min. (enough for my light to change from red to green) Then i started it up and it ran fine idle was great and temp. was normal. This has happened 2 times now. I was thinking maybe i have a bad sensor, or maybe my thermostate is going bad??? Any help?
04-10-2005, 04:05 PM
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Re: Car suddenly idles high then runs hot?
I agree, sounds like air around where the temp sensor is.. The temp sensor can do some funny things to your idle and power output..
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