The reason it was running at normal temp on the highway is because there was air circulating through the engine bay. Not the cas in the city. When a thermostat goes bad, it usually will get stuck either open or closed. If it's stuck open, the car will run very cool because the thermostat is letting a free flow of coolant. If it's stuck closed, the car will overheat.
Thursday, October 26th, 2006 AT 11:31 AM