high temp gauge
 

okay so the other day i was driving to the mall thats like 30 min drive and i look at the gauges and i see my temp gauges above the half way mark instally soo i freak out that my engine is gonna burn out soo i park it in this place and turn the car off later i just try the key on and its fine in the middle... then did doesn't do anything.... then today i was driving for about 30 mins again and see that when i hit the gas kind of hard the gaues goes high then falls then try the car off and then on and its fine again what do you think i need to do..

RE: high temp gauge
 

Is your check engine light on at all?

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no its not

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what you should also do is check to see if it goes over the half mark at idle. next time before you go for a drive also check the coolant level. make sure you don't have any leaks. normally sometimes could be your cooling fan taking a longer time than usual to come on causing he car to run hot(faulty temp sensor would cause that). good observation though.

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Ok,
yeah, there are alot of things that could cause that temp gauge to read hot. Like MadIndian1 said, checking the coolant level before driving the car, Checking the cooling system for leaks after the engine has reached normally operating temperature. Another question for you is, did this happen when you had the ac on? Remember to check to make sure the radiator fan is coming on as well.

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no its the winter i had the heat on and i'll look for leaks.. also this one time my dad was driving my car and i was with him and he hit the breaks kind of hard cus it was a yellow light and the gauge then went really high.. but you guys said to check for leaks and to see if my radiator fans is coming on... okay thanks

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another thing you can check is the temp sending unit for the gauge, since you mentioned that the gauge went up your dad hit the brakes, so you can also have a poor connection. just check for the obvious things

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To include that it is obviously winter and cold. You have been using your heater and the car has been overheating at times. Check around the heater core which is located on the passenger side in the engine capartment against the fire wall. Check both hoses hooked up to the heater core and also, check in the vehicle on the passenger side on the floor board way up front to see if it may be leaking there. That, is only if you have been losing coolant obviously. Good luck.

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okay.. i am pretty sure that its just a gauge thing not anything else.. tankz for all your help

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Your very welcome. Let us know how it turns out and good luck to you. :)