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I cant help too much but I can say don't risk it by driving it. Mine started doing the same. Checked my hoses,etc. The hoses here expanding really bad, and I figured that i was ok because when i drove the needle went back to the middle...Well the car while driving shot to the red and I ended up blowing up the engine. When i got it towed, the mechanic said I should have brought it in when it firsst started because they could have fixed "it." "It" they never told me. But by driving the car i warped the heads and burned the inside so bad i had to get a new engine. Not worth the risk of driving. Take it to your mechanic. Sorry couldnt be much more of a help.
after taking a little 80 mile trip i got stuck in some traffic and had to sit for about 7 or 8 minutes when the Collant Temperature warning light came on, Folowed by the Check Engine light. I paniced. The strange thing is once I started moving the temp gauge backed off a little.

So we did a little experiment today. We just turned it on and let it sit in the driveway idling. After about 12 minutes, it was in the red.

The big fan was spinning ok, the little fan in the front was spinning and it was only about 70 degrees outside. As far as we can tell the collant level is fine.
During regular driving the needle sits pretty close to the middle...

where do we start?

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