I watched the coolant temp on the scanner as you see in the videos since these cars have no temp gauges. It rises to 255 then fan kicks on high and brings it down to 240, sometimes 230. I did a 15 min drive, then a drive through and back home. It stayed the same way. Even in the drive through it goes up then fan kicks on high and brings it back down. If am not mistaken range should be between 221-231 max. No codes other than an EVAP, no check engine light, just the dash message: engine hot, drive moderately till it's cooler. Has 87k and I don't know if it could be a weak water pump, hard to say without codes. I am going to try and see if my other scanner can see the speed of the water pump if it's electrical. Unless the thermostat is stuck closed but it would have not come down I believe when the fan is on
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Aug 20, 2026 at 1:26 PM
