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Temperature Problems

My car is running at 3/4 guage - right on the white line. It started happening 2 days ago. I bought a new cap and tried that, didn't make a difference. The water pump is less than a year old, and upper and lower hoses are hot. It doesn't rise above the line,
but it only drops just below it when I'm moving.

Here's the strange part. If I run the defroster on the climate control, within 10-15 seconds, the temp drops to 1/2 guage.
As soon as I turn it off, it starts to climb to 3/4 guage again.


Thermostat? Temp switch?
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Old 07-17-2005, 08:18 AM
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