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Tiny
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2005 Toyota Camry

the temp gauge indicates my car is running hot but, it's not. Soafter a hour r so it went back to half on the temp. Gauge. What's my problem
Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 1:34 PM

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Tiny
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Hi lakevious,

How do you know the engine is not running hot?
Did you check the coolant level in radiator?
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 1:48 PM
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The cooliant on the side shows low, but the car still running normal, I've driven 34mi and it's not running hot, no smoke r anything could it be a sensor
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 1:59 PM
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When engine is cold, remove the radiator cap and check the coolant level. The engine could be running hot but not to the extreme yet.
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 2:06 PM
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The coolant is not low, only the side container is low
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 2:13 PM
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Are the cooling fans working?
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 2:24 PM
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The gauge is on like half and the fans haven't kicked in
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 2:39 PM
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The normal temp reading is about there. It would take about 20 minutes for the fans to come on when starting from cold.

Turn on the A/C and check if both fans comes on.
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 2:54 PM
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The fans are working
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 AT 2:59 PM
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Everythign seems to be working correctly and the only logical explanation left is a failing thermostat or an inaccurate gauge/sending unit. Thermostat might get stuck in the closed position intermittently and when that occurs, the temperature would go up.

Under such conditions there would be no smoke as coolant is available and there are no leakages.
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Friday, September 17th, 2010 AT 8:01 AM

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