aceofSpades

Alright so i was driving today and noticed the temperature gauge slowly go up.
I always thought you turn your heat on to bring the temperature down a bit.
so i do that, full blast, and the guage creeps faster to almost overheating.
after i turned the heat off, it cooled back down

wtf? common problem?

HACKGT350

could be a few things. water pump isnt working right, t-stat isnt opening, gauge is bad, leaking somewhere

gizim_1132

It's true that if you turn your heat on it will help cool it down but I have never heard of it rising faster are you sure your gauge is correct!!!

aceofSpades

to my knowledge the gauge is working correctly.....
there is a very small coolent leak i've noticed, so i checked it out and i was low, but quickly corrected that and filled it up.
havin the car only a few weeks i know i'm bound to run into problems like this.
is it common for the t-stat to get "stuck" or close if its already opened up during normal driving?

HACKGT350

if its old anything could happen they do go bad. track down that leak thats the first thing to do

skielk

I bought my mustang a few weeks ago, the car would overheat if I let it. The car was overpressuring the cooling system which was letting coolent go into the overflow bottle. It turned out to be a leaking headgasket leaking exhaust into the coolent which was adding pressure to the system and causing the over heating, just thought i'd let you know the problem I had. Good luck

aceofSpades

any info helps! thanx

gizim_1132

Yup t-stat go bad all the time you can pick one up at a vato aka auto zone for like 6 bucks or so wouldn't hurt to try or you can test your old one which isn't worth it!!!!!

aceofSpades

easy install?

skielk

Yeah its easy its right on the front of the engine just need to get the parts including a new gasket. Be sure to put it in the right way. Good luck