Overheating?

This sounds like a classic low coolant condition, please check the coolant level (engine cold).

Here is a guide to help you:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-engine-and-battery-pack-antifreeze-levels

Here is a guide that might help as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-overheating-or-running-hot

Please go over these guides and report back.

Thank you, I will let you know how I make out once I get it checked. I hope that's all it is. Appreciate your help.

Hi Ken, I added coolant, and it seemed all right for a few minutes but then the temperature gauge started going up again. I drove around for a few minutes to try and test it out and like I mentioned at first it seemed okay it went up a bit then it went down halfway then went back up again to the point where after a few more minutes of driving it went back up into the red and the temperature warning light came on and I parked it. I shut it off for a few min and just let it idle and the temperature still went up. Not sure what's going on, I'm going to have a family friend who's a mechanic take a look at it.

Thanks for your advice.

Can you hear the radiator fans come on? If so, It could be the thermostat or the engine temperature coolant sensor. here is the location of the sensor in the images below. Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.

So, like I mentioned I had a friend look at it and he said it was a few different things causing it. There were a couple bad fan relay switches, a water pump that wasn't pumping any water along with a thermostat that was stuck open. He went ahead and took care of the work yesterday and now it seems to be running well not overheating and the heat is blowing hot air now.

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