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Originally Posted by Silber Adler
Perhaps your water pump is getting weak or your gauge is a bit out of calibration.
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As mentioned in the original post, I have tested the temperature of the engine with an IR thermometer. Also, perhaps I wasn't clear, but the water pump is brand new, installed yesterday.
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Originally Posted by SD Blue
Hmmm....when you mentioned that turning on the heat lowered the temperature, it makes me think that there is a possibility of two things causing no flow through the radiator.
1)Thermostat is not opening
2)Thermostat is installed backwards. (Believe me, you aren't the first that has happened to. Don't ask me how I know that.  )
I will attach a couple of pages from the FSM if that doesn't help iron things out. |
I have verified that the thermometer is installed correctly, and with the arrow pointing skyward.
The temperature drops momentarily when the heat is turned on, but once the heat is pulled out of the coolant via the heater core, the temperature once again rises while the heat is still on. After turning off the heat, the temperature doesn't spike, so that leads me to believe the coolant flow is at least consistent.