I believe someone in the past had similar issues, and cured it by replacing the coolant overflow reservoir cap. Cheap place to start, anyway.
Another thread at
Overheating! Am I missing something? found the problem to be an intermittent fault in fuse D in the fuse box, for what it is worth. Good luck.
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