Over heating while idle, not over heating while driving

Tiny
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  • 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA
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While idle car temperature gauge rises then once moving it goes back down. Also radiator hose collapsed. What does this mean?
Sunday, July 10th, 2016 AT 5:11 AM

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Tiny
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Used to be, back in the day, every radiator hose had an anti-collapse spring inside of it.

When they seemed to be forgetting to put them in, I would even remove the spring out of the old hose that I was replacing and put it in the new one.

The collapsing hose may be your overheating problem. The new hose might be thicker/ stiffer than the one on there now. One containing an anti-collapse spring might be a plus, if one exists.

Replacing it would be the place to start.

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Sunday, July 10th, 2016 AT 8:14 AM

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