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Originally Posted by w123fanman
The car still gets hot and we can't figure out why. The clutch fan is good, we tested it today. The auxiliary fan runs off of the AC but did not engage at full speed (which we know it will) when we forced the car to get up to 105C today (blocked off radiator, it took forever to get up there so we don't think its the thermostat) so that 3 pin temp sensor might be bad. Any ideas on why the engine would run so hot (around 100 when idling)?
I am probably going to do an acid flush soon but I don't know how that will affect engine temp.
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Replace the thermostat.
If the issue persists = it is probably a bad head gasket or cracked cylinder head.
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