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Local Almera Overheating

Postby chris87 » April 1st, 2012, 12:25 am

Got a local used almera , while driving i realized the temperature guage raised to high temperature. Stopped the car and allowed it to cool down.I have a metal radiator but and checked to see if there was any loss of coolant however the coolant in the radiator and reserve tank were topped up as usual. i drove the car for about 5 minutes home with the temperature guage going straight to high and dropping and going back to high. i was wondering if this problem could be the thermostat or the fan?

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby chris87 » April 1st, 2012, 12:26 am

thermostat was changed about almost two years ago.

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby Seeker » April 1st, 2012, 8:04 am

looks like the thermostat sticking. Get it checked before something more costly happens.

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby chris87 » April 1st, 2012, 1:54 pm

going to get a diagnostic tomorrow to see whats the problem because when i started the car this morning and drove it for ten minutes , the temperature was normal again

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby wagonrunner » April 1st, 2012, 3:36 pm

start the engine and turn on your AC. are both fans coming on?
turn off the AC, are the fans coming on before the temperature gauge goes over half?

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby chris87 » April 1st, 2012, 4:18 pm

the fans come on as usual when the ac is on and when it is overheating the fans come on when almost on high. it seems strange as the temperature is back to normal today. getting it checked out tomorrow.

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby chris87 » April 2nd, 2012, 10:16 pm

thermostat was sticking. going to get it replaced tomorrow.

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby ddog » April 3rd, 2012, 7:43 am

Just in case the problem persists after you changed the thermostat, check out your temp sending unit. Experienced this same thing on both a frontier and civic where the vehicle "overheated" but there was no bubbling or lost of coolant.

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby chris87 » April 3rd, 2012, 8:42 pm

mechanic advised not to place back thermostat but can this have any adverse effects?

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby wagonrunner » April 4th, 2012, 2:44 am

yes, there are. if you do a search you'll find it.

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby Ginxdor » April 17th, 2012, 5:05 pm

I was advised not to remove my thermostat from any of my vehicles because the temp would read lower than optimum. This could be overlooked but If the ECU reads temp is lower it causes more fuel to be injected into the engine to heat it up. So you fuel economy would be affected mostly. Could be BS but it makes sense.

I recommend getting a check for any bad grounds, had a 323 playing up with that foolishness.

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Re: Local Almera Overheating

Postby chris87 » April 25th, 2012, 10:07 pm

turns out the head gasket blew and had to change it. got an original by motorist.

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