kangaroo1
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Looking for help! A bit longwinded, but here's a summary of the situation:
I've had the car for about 3 years. Originally the temp gauge would always rise to the 1/2 mark (in a normal time period) and stay there, no matter what! About 6-8 months ago it changed to climbing to 1/2, then it would drop a notch then creep back up to half, but fluctuate a couple of times between the 1/2 mark & 1 notch below, before settling on the 1/2 and staying there. About a month ago the fluctuation became a little bit more, about 2 notches, but again always settling on 1/2 (never going above!) after a few minutes.
I have also had some air trapped (a slight slushing noise behind glove compartment when accelerating!), which despite about 5 attempts I've never really managed to bleed out completely.
This morning, after driving about 2 miles the temp gauge hadn't moved at all, then suddenly shot up to about 1/3 then dropped a couple of notches then back up, then crept up to 1/2 & stayed there. This evening it did the same. All through this, the fan always works ok & the temp gauge has never gone up above 1/2 & heating always works, the car drives ok, MPG is consistent (around 47-50MPG), there's no coolant loss, no mayonnaise.....
May not be relevant, but I have also had some air trapped (hearing a slight slushing noise behind glove compartment when accelerating!), which despite about 5 attempts I've never really managed to bleed out completely!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated... especially if it's a simple, inexpensive fix!!
I've had the car for about 3 years. Originally the temp gauge would always rise to the 1/2 mark (in a normal time period) and stay there, no matter what! About 6-8 months ago it changed to climbing to 1/2, then it would drop a notch then creep back up to half, but fluctuate a couple of times between the 1/2 mark & 1 notch below, before settling on the 1/2 and staying there. About a month ago the fluctuation became a little bit more, about 2 notches, but again always settling on 1/2 (never going above!) after a few minutes.
I have also had some air trapped (a slight slushing noise behind glove compartment when accelerating!), which despite about 5 attempts I've never really managed to bleed out completely.
This morning, after driving about 2 miles the temp gauge hadn't moved at all, then suddenly shot up to about 1/3 then dropped a couple of notches then back up, then crept up to 1/2 & stayed there. This evening it did the same. All through this, the fan always works ok & the temp gauge has never gone up above 1/2 & heating always works, the car drives ok, MPG is consistent (around 47-50MPG), there's no coolant loss, no mayonnaise.....
May not be relevant, but I have also had some air trapped (hearing a slight slushing noise behind glove compartment when accelerating!), which despite about 5 attempts I've never really managed to bleed out completely!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated... especially if it's a simple, inexpensive fix!!