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1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse engine heating up when car stops or

Tiny
SAMFILALI
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  • 1998 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • MANUAL
  • 159,223 MILES
My car's engine heats up about when the vehicle is at a traffic stop light or just stopped while running. As soon as I increase the rpm, or the vehicle is moving the heating gage drops to normal level (half way). Altough about a week ago the engine was running cold with a gage indicating a quarter away. (Below normal temperature of operation). It could be the radiator causing all this or could it be a thermostat? Your ansewr is very much appreciated.
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Monday, May 11th, 2009 AT 3:10 PM

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Tiny
MONTY STEPHENS
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Of course you checked fluids.

When my Eclipse over heated it cracked the radiiator. I can tell you epoxy does not fix that. But long story short -- when a car overheats and you go the dealer, a good friend of mine is a Honda mechanic, they replace the temp sensor, the themrostat, the radiaotr (if its broke), the fans and the relays.

They take no chances. Its cheaper than a motor. I did all that on my car and never really did figure out exactly what the problem was. But it fixed it.
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 AT 3:27 PM
Tiny
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My car was doing the same thing. We replaced the radiator. It kept doing it. We replaced a fan that wasn't running at all and the thermostat. It still didn't help, so I replaced the water pump and the timing belt. The parts are expensive, but if you have a technical college that teaches an automotive tech class, they can do the labor for pretty cheap. And it does beat buying a new engine and then having to replace all those parts anyway.
My car has 169,000 miles on it and runs like a dream now.
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 AT 12:38 PM

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